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