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Old 01-04-2003, 03:44 PM   #1
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A survey through "select mart" can be found here

http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/sele...t=atheistphilo

This survey allows you to find out which kind of non-theist you most resemble. A note of caution, however. There are popups, and when you complete the survey, you will be asked to provide your e-mail if you want to get a "copy of your results". Not knowing a lot about these people, I wouldn't do that because I would be concerned about getting on spam lists. However, you can click on "Show my Results", and you will see a list of your matches in order (you won't be able to get any more detail than that --the "click for more information" just takes you to a google search engine).

My matches were:

1 Agnostic Church (II administrator and fellow Kansas Agnostic Bill's organization?)

#2 Secular Humanism

#3 Unitarian Universalism

#4 Atheistic Paganism (Prembone?)

#5 Ethical Culture

#6 Pantheism

#7 Scientific Pantheism

#8 Deism

#9 Rationalism

#10 Transhumanism

#11 Taoism

#12 Atheism a la American Atheists

#13 Freethought, Church of

#14 Theraveda Buddhism

#15 Zen Atheism

#16 Confucianism

#17 Randaism (Objectivism)

#18 Relativism, moral/cultural



So, my fellow IIers, where do you end up?

(Edited to include my "full" profile)
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The top three on my list were secular humanism, the agnostic church, and atheism a la American atheists.

At the bottom are Taoism, Zen atheism and Theraveda Buddhism.

Which kind of makes sense to me.

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The top three on my list were secular humanism, the agnostic church, and atheism a la American atheists.

At the bottom are Taoism, Zen atheism and Theraveda Buddhism.

Which kind of makes sense to me.

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I got the same top three in the same order.
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Because I just did "Belief-O-Matic" (it says I should be a Reformed Jew, or perhaps an Orthodox Jew or Baha'i, but any of the liberal Christian faiths, or Catholicism would be fine), I thought I'd try this.

I got Unitarian Universalism in 1st place, followed by "Agnostic Church" and "Atheistic Paganism".

The least popular three were Confucianism, Moral Relativism, and Objectivism.
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I have several dump email addresses, so I had the results sent

Rankings:

#1: Secular Humanism
#2: Agnostic Church
#3: Ethical Culture
#4: Rationalism
#5: Transhumanism
#6: Atheism a la American Atheists
#7: Freethought, Church of
#8: Scientific Pantheism
#9: Unitarian Universalism
#10: Atheistic Paganism
#11: Randaism (Objectivism)
#12: Deism
#13: Pantheism
#14: Taoism
#15: Confucianism
#16: Relativism, moral/cultural
#17: Zen Atheism
#18: Theraveda Buddhism

What's Ethical Culture and WTF is Transhumanism?
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Old 01-04-2003, 05:24 PM   #6
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Top 5:
#1 Secular Humanism

#2 Transhumanism

#3 Agnostic Church

#4 Rationalism

#5 Atheism a la American Atheists


I think Transhumanism takes the position that we should promote the use of technology to improve ourselves biologically, as well as enhancing our lifestyles.
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Old 01-04-2003, 05:51 PM   #7
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Where I landed:

#1 Scientific Pantheism
#2 Secular Humanism
#3 Agnostic Church
#4 Deism
#5 Ethical Culture
#6 Transhumanism
#7 Atheism a la American Atheists
#8 Freethought
#9 Randaism (Objectivism)
#10 Rationalism
#11 Unitarian Universalism
#12 Atheistic Paganism
#13 Taoism
#14 Relativism, moral/cultural
#15 Confucianism
#16 Pantheism
#17 Zen Atheism
#18 Theraveda Buddhism

#1 Scientific Pantheism?

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Old 01-04-2003, 06:05 PM   #8
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Scientific Pantheism is basically revering nature and the Universe I think. Here's some info

http://www.angelfire.com/ego/pdf/ng/...-pan.html#atha
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#1 Secular Humanism

#2 Agnostic Church

#3 Ethical Culture

#4 Rationalism

#5 Transhumanism
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Filo, you probably hit that result because you answered "I agree" to this question:

The word "god" used in a naturalistic sense (the universe, awe, etc) is appropriate and usefull. [sic]
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