Our Labels versus Our Beliefs

The post below represents results from my Religious Labels survey. If you have not yet taken it, please do (first, because these results will not make sense to you otherwise, and second, because I need more data)…
I have broken down the responses to Question #1 (which was – When someone asks, “What religion are you?” How [...]

I Reply that I Do Not Have a Religion

Commenter Roger Norling was curious to know among those who answered #7. Do you think it is important to understand the tenets represented by a label before using it? — with “Very Important“, how many were in the “I reply that I do not have a religion” category from question #1. The answer 19.7%
The problem is that [...]

Religious Labels Survey Results: Week 1

First, thanks to all who have taken the time to complete the Religious Labels survey! Here are results from the first week of 428 respondents.
If you find these results interesting or informative please forward a link to your family and friends. My goal is to have at least 1000 respondents, but I would love to double or triple that.
Here is the URL… [...]

Survey Results — A Delay

I had hoped to post some results from my Religious Labels survey over the weekend, but I’m running into some formatting problems… sooo… there’s a delay…
As of 10:00 pm Sunday night, 428 folks have completed the survey — a pretty good number I think, but I’d certainly like to see more — so please continue to spread the word, and stay [...]

Disarming the Quarrel between the Advocates of Hard and Soft Images of God

Many of you who have taken a look at and/or completed my Religious Labels Survey have asked, “What the deuce is this thing for?!”
Well, as you may or may not know, I am in the final stages of writing my Masters Thesis, the title of which is “Disarming the Quarrel between the Advocates of Hard and [...]

Religious Labels: An Online Poll… PLEASE HELP!

I am deep in the throes of research for a project about religious labels, how people use them, and what those labels represent. Please follow the link below to take a 5 minute survey on your use/non-use of religious labels… and thanks!
Click this link to take a survey on RELIGIOUS LABELS 

Avampirism

Recently I’ve run-up against the argument that atheism is “just another faith” — as if that somehow raised the merit of a believer’s position, which of course, even if atheism were, it does not.
I’d like to begin by quoting my buddy Sam Harris:
I think that ‘atheist’ is a term that we do not need, in the same way that [...]

If Philosophy Were Religious: Part Second

 
The second of a two-part post… you can find the first installment here.
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Recently, a new minority has become active; folks who are willing to speak out against extreme philosophical positions and to challenge the demagoging old guard of dogmatized philosophy. They are called “moderates” or “liberals” and many of them think that neither Rationalists nor Empiricists [...]