Facebook is a wonderful social networking tool that creates online communities for millions of people. Most begin filling out Facebook’s identity questions: name, sex, hometown, birthday, relationship status, and… religion? With 56% of Americans changing their religion at least once (most before age 24), it presents a difficult challenge for “Facebookers”.
The Washington Post wrote an article about Facebook’s religion conundrum:
Creating a Facebook profile for the first time, Eric Heim hadn’t expected something so serious. Hunched over his laptop, he had whipped through the social network Web site’s questionnaire about his interests, favorite movies and relationship status, typing witty replies wherever possible. But when he reached the little blank box asking for his core beliefs, it stopped him short.
“It’s Facebook. The whole point is to keep it light and playful, you know?” said Heim, 27, a college student…. “But a question like that kind of makes you think.”
The Post reports that 150 million out of 250 million users put something in the religion section on a person’s Facebook page. Some users are hard pressed to find themselves in one religious category:
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