Taken from John's journal...

[anan_ab]

You scored as Scientific Atheist, These guys rule. I'm not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things ARE than how they should be, these are the people who will bring us into the future.

Scientific Atheist

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[highping]

Ooh, I'm in good company.

You scored as Scientific Atheist, These guys rule. I'm not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things ARE than how they should be, these are the people who will bring us into the future.

Scientific Atheist
100%
Apathetic Atheist
67%
Spiritual Atheist
50%
Agnostic
50%
Militant Atheist
42%
Angry Atheist
17%
Theist
8%
What kind of atheist are you?
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[lil_unwell]

i'm not an atheist, but i looked at the questions out of curiosity. i thought "the burden of proof lies with believers rather than non-believers" was interesting. wouldn't the null hypothesis be "there is no god" and therefore the scientific atheistic is bound to try to disprove it? :)

[highping]

wouldn't the null hypothesis be "there is no god" and therefore the scientific atheistic is bound to try to disprove it?
Do you remember what got posted in this journal just a short time ago, about the definition of atheism? If the null hypothesis is, "there are no unicorns," are scientists of all religions and beliefs "bound to try to disprove" that hypothesis, or only the scientists who don't believe in unicorns?

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. There is no evidence, let alone extraordinary evidence.

[anan_ab]

In addition to what Mike said, I also see an extension of the presumption of innocence here. In courts, we presume there was no crime unless there is substantial evidence indicating otherwise. In life, I presume there is nothing unless there is substantial evidence for it.

[highping]

Darn tootin'. We (appropriately) call it the "presumption of atheism," and even most who don't know what it is endorse it: They may believe in one god, or possibly a small handful of gods, but they disbelieve in Zeus, Ahuramazda, Odin, Quetzalcoatl, etc., by default.

[yinepu]

Haven't taken the quiz yet, but I agree on the post script.