(June 4, 2010 at 10:20 am)Tiberius Wrote: What is the scale for? It's a scale of various belief positions on God, simplified. I explained that in the original post. It's designed as a replacement for Dawkins' scale, which has been used widely by a lot of prominent atheists without them having actually thought about it properly. Dawkins probably invented it in the short space of 30 minutes, whereas Arcanus and I discussed it and developed it over the course of a couple of weeks.
Okay, I'll re-phrase that. What is one supposed to do with the scale? What purpose or use does it have?
The only real use for a scale of religious belief that I can think of is for surveys of what people believe in.
And for that purpose, the scale seems to me to be asking the wrong question. But maybe you had some other use in mind.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche
