Agnostic. Atheist. Non-observant Jewish. Neo-pagan. Very
commonly, three or more of these are combined in the same person.
Conventional faith-holding Christianity is rare though not
unknown.
Even hackers who identify with a religious affiliation tend to
be relaxed about it, hostile to organized religion in general and
all forms of religious bigotry in particular. Many enjoy `parody'
religions such as Discordianism and the Church of the
SubGenius.
Also, many hackers are influenced to varying degrees by Zen
Buddhism or (less commonly) Taoism, and blend them easily with
their `native' religions.
There is a definite strain of mystical, almost Gnostic
sensibility that shows up even among those hackers not actively
involved with neo-paganism, Discordianism, or Zen. Hacker
folklore that pays homage to `wizards' and speaks of incantations
and demons has too much psychological truthfulness about it to be
entirely a joke.
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