Post #241,340
1/14/06 11:32:16 AM
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Yet another quiz!
[link|http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/volume119issue5_more.php?id=969_0_32_0_c|What Kind of Humanist Are You?] Only 12 questions. The choices aren't terribly easy in some cases. Handholder
[image|http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/images/0409/handholding.jpg|0|Handholder|300|200]
You go out of your way to build bridges with people of different views and beliefs and have quite a few religious friends. You believe in the essential goodness of people , which means you\ufffdre always looking for common ground even if that entails compromises. You would defend Salman Rushdie\ufffds right to criticise Islam but you\ufffdre sorry he attacked it so viciously, just as you feel uncomfortable with some of the more outspoken and unkind views of religion in the pages of this magazine.
You prefer the inclusive approach of writers like Zadie Smith or the radical Christian values of Edward Said. Don\ufffdt fall into the same trap as super\ufffdna\ufffdve Lib Dem MP Jenny Tonge who declared it was okay for clerics like Yusuf al\ufffdQaradawi to justify their monstrous prejudices as a legitimate interpretation of the Koran: a perfect example of how the will to understand can mean the sacrifice of fundamental principles. Sometimes, you just have to hold out for what you know is right even if it hurts someone\ufffds feelings.
What kind of humanist are you? [link|http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/volume119issue5_more.php?id=969_0_32_0_c|Click here] to find out.
Via [link|http://ergosphere.blogspot.com/|The Ergosphere] via [link|http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/1/11/23344/7099|Peak Oil: Part II] on K5. Cheers, Scott.
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Post #241,341
1/14/06 12:38:31 PM
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Haymaker
Haymaker [image|http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/images/0409/haymaker.jpg||||]
You are one of life’s enjoyers, determined to get the most you can out of your brief spell on Earth. Probably what first attracted you to atheism was the prospect of liberation from the Ten Commandments, few of which are compatible with a life of pleasure. You play hard and work quite hard, have a strong sense of loyalty and a relaxed but consistent approach to your philosophy.
You can’t see the point of abstract principles and probably wouldn’t lay down your life for a concept though you might for a friend. Something of a champagne humanist, you admire George Bernard Shaw for his cheerful agnosticism and pursuit of sensual rewards and your Hollywood hero is Marlon Brando, who was beautiful, irascible and aimed for goodness in his own tortured way.
Sometimes you might be tempted to allow your own pleasures to take precedence over your ethics. But everyone is striving for that elusive balance between the good and the happy life. You’d probably open another bottle and say there’s no contest.
What kind of humanist are you? [link|http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/volume119issue5_more.php?id=969_0_32_0_c|Click here] to find out.
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Post #241,346
1/14/06 3:13:52 PM
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Same.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #241,443
1/15/06 1:08:27 PM
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ditto
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #241,695
1/17/06 10:23:00 PM
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Ditto, here.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #241,342
1/14/06 12:58:31 PM
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haymaker
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
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Post #241,344
1/14/06 1:28:59 PM
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Hardhat
Hardhat
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You are an atheist, a rationalist, a believer in the triumph of science and of reason over libido. You can\ufffdt stand mumbo jumbo, ritual, spiritual nonsense of any kind, and you refuse to allow for these longings in others.
Astrologers, Scientologists and new\ufffdage crystal ball creeps are no different in your view from priests, rabbis and imams. They\ufffdre all just weak\ufffdminded pilgrims on the road to easy answers. Nature as revealed by science is awesome enough for you, but it\ufffds a nature that needs curbing and taming by us on our evolutionary journey to perfection.
Your heros are Einstein, Darwin, Marx and \ufffd these days \ufffd Gould, Blakemore, Watson, Crick and Rosalind Franklin. Could you be hiding a little behind those absolutist views, worried that, if you let in a few doubts and contradictory ideas, the whole edifice might crumble? Loosen up a bit and try to enjoy the amazing variety of human belief systems. Don\ufffdt worry \ufffd it\ufffds unlikely you\ufffdll end up chanting your days away in some distant mountain cult.
What kind of humanist are you? [link|http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/volume119issue5_more.php?id=969_0_32_0_c|Click here] to find out.
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #241,345
1/14/06 2:31:32 PM
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Yu gotta edit dat fer da picha
[image|http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/images/0409/hardhat.jpg||||] Yeah, looks like you.
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Post #241,552
1/16/06 7:00:08 PM
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Ditto.
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Post #241,348
1/14/06 4:37:25 PM
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Hairshirt
Those who know me may hurt themselves laughing at this point.
Excuse us, could you just put down that hammer for a minute and listen. You\ufffdre so busy getting things done you rarely take any time out just to relax. In fact, you\ufffdve probably forgotten how to relax. That\ufffds because you\ufffdre so anxious to prove that it\ufffds possible to lead a good and moral life without religion that you have built a strict and forbidding creed all of your own.
You keep a compost heap, cycle to the bottle bank, invest in ethical schemes only and the list of countries you won\ufffdt buy from is longer than the washing line for your baby\ufffds towelling nappies. You admire uncompromising self\ufffdsacrificers like Aung San Suu Kyi and Che Guevara, and would have liked the chance to be incarcerated for your principles like Diderot or Nelson Mandela.
You would never cheat on your partner, drink and drive, accept bribes or touch drugs. You never waste money though you give lots to charity. Living a good life? You\ufffdre a model to us all. But it wouldn\ufffdt hurt you to try a little happiness once in a while. Loosen up.
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Post #241,351
1/14/06 5:03:51 PM
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:-)
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Post #241,355
1/14/06 6:28:30 PM
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An we gotta da pitcha here too.
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Post #241,374
1/15/06 12:44:17 AM
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I'm going to need to go to the hospital :-)
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #241,358
1/14/06 7:18:34 PM
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Yeah, right... Me too, a "Handholder"? Who'd'a thunk it!
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Post #241,359
1/14/06 7:25:52 PM
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Post #241,360
1/14/06 7:30:44 PM
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Errrrr . . . you didn't hppen to see a flashing sign . . .
. . that said "TILT!" when you got your results, did you?
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Post #241,366
1/14/06 10:18:52 PM
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handholder too
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #241,368
1/14/06 10:34:37 PM
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I would have predicted that. :-)
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Post #241,430
1/15/06 12:32:28 PM
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Same here
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Post #241,394
1/15/06 5:07:29 AM
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Hardhat
Though I'm not 100% in agreement with the description. For instance this: You can\ufffdt stand mumbo jumbo, ritual, spiritual nonsense of any kind, is true, but this: and you refuse to allow for these longings in others. isn't. Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #241,478
1/15/06 9:10:36 PM
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I couldn't finish it.
There too many questions with no answers I would pick.
Wade.
"Insert crowbar. Apply force."
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Post #241,479
1/15/06 9:14:11 PM
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It does assume a certain, er, skepticism. ;-)
FWIW, I had wasn't happy with the choice of answers in many cases also.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #241,481
1/15/06 9:56:40 PM
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ditto
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Steve
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Post #241,491
1/16/06 12:09:03 AM
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It can be an effective technique . . .
. . for an evaluation to force uncomfortable choices. I can see where it could, properly used, be more valid than providing choices you are comfortable with.
This is precisely why the tarot cards work well for many who use them, they force the mind to deal with uncomfortable and unfamiliar juxtapositions, often with surprising results.
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Post #241,498
1/16/06 3:15:45 AM
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Oh yeah? How *utterly* surprising!
It's not like I could honestly finish a "What Kind Of Jeezmoid Are You?" quiz either, now is it?
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Yes Mr. Garrison, genetic engineering lets us correct God's horrible, horrible mistakes, like German people. - [link|http://maxpages.com/southpark2k/Episode_105|Mr. Hat]
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