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12 Aug 2018, 10:51 pm

Politically; I identify as a far left socialist, pacifist and social justice advocate. I support capitalism to some degree.

Philosophically; I believe a lot of Socrates / Platos teachings, largely about morality. I consider myself a realist and something of a nihilist but I'm not entirely for the belief that life has absolutely no meaning, just that we have to create that meaning ourselves and when we lose the will to do so, the meaning dies with it. Grim but true.

Religiously; I'm not religious, I consider myself an Agnostic Atheist and largely believe that religion has no place in the modern world, though skepticism about our origins and being are fully understandable.



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12 Aug 2018, 11:41 pm

Mythos wrote:
Politically; I identify as a far left socialist, pacifist and social justice advocate. I support capitalism to some degree.

Philosophically; I believe a lot of Socrates / Platos teachings, largely about morality. I consider myself a realist and something of a nihilist but I'm not entirely for the belief that life has absolutely no meaning, just that we have to create that meaning ourselves and when we lose the will to do so, the meaning dies with it. Grim but true.

Religiously; I'm not religious, I consider myself an Agnostic Atheist and largely believe that religion has no place in the modern world, though skepticism about our origins and being are fully understandable.


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13 Aug 2018, 10:51 pm

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Politically; I identify as a far left socialist, pacifist and social justice advocate. I support capitalism to some degree.

Philosophically; I believe a lot of Socrates / Platos teachings, largely about morality. I consider myself a realist and something of a nihilist but I'm not entirely for the belief that life has absolutely no meaning, just that we have to create that meaning ourselves and when we lose the will to do so, the meaning dies with it. Grim but true.

Religiously; I'm not religious, I consider myself an Agnostic Atheist and largely believe that religion has no place in the modern world, though skepticism about our origins and being are fully understandable.


glad to meet you.


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15 Aug 2018, 8:49 pm

Politics: Fiscally conservative. Socially progressive.

Philosophy: I like some of the Daoist concepts. Like that of wu wei (effortless or non-forceful action).

Religion: Apatheist and/or Deist.



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18 Aug 2018, 9:30 pm

Political: libertarian.
Philosophical: individualism & philanthropy.
Religion: Baptist Christian.

My religious views affect my political and philosophical views, but in a way most people wouldn't think: it's lead me to believe the government should let us do so long as we don't harm others. Though, I first got into individualism because of Ayn Rand. Religion further cemented that since we can't force people to follow a religion, so in my case I believe people should have faith voluntarily, and it's not the government's job to be involved in religion.


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18 Aug 2018, 9:46 pm

Politics: Democratic Socialist.

Philosophy: Humanist.

Religion: Jesuit, while anti-institutional.



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18 Aug 2018, 10:51 pm

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Political: libertarian.
Philosophical: individualism & philanthropy.
Religion: Baptist Christian.

My religious views affect my political and philosophical views, but in a way most people wouldn't think: it's lead me to believe the government should let us do so long as we don't harm others. Though, I first got into individualism because of Ayn Rand. Religion further cemented that since we can't force people to follow a religion, so in my case I believe people should have faith voluntarily, and it's not the government's job to be involved in religion.

I don't think religion should really affect anybody's political views. Broadly speaking, political in many ways often means moral. Good morals and balanced law are rarely drawn from religious scripture or philosophies, at least assuming you take all of it into consideration. But I'm entirely secular and fully agree with you on that part. Theism should no part in government, and I believe no religion should be considered tax exempt unless they are explicitly offering charitable services (beyond the ever flat and ineffectual "thoughts and prayers").



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18 Aug 2018, 10:56 pm

Mythos wrote:
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Political: libertarian.
Philosophical: individualism & philanthropy.
Religion: Baptist Christian.

My religious views affect my political and philosophical views, but in a way most people wouldn't think: it's lead me to believe the government should let us do so long as we don't harm others. Though, I first got into individualism because of Ayn Rand. Religion further cemented that since we can't force people to follow a religion, so in my case I believe people should have faith voluntarily, and it's not the government's job to be involved in religion.

I don't think religion should really affect anybody's political views. Broadly speaking, political in many ways often means moral. Good morals and balanced law are rarely drawn from religious scripture or philosophies, at least assuming you take all of it into consideration. But I'm entirely secular and fully agree with you on that part. Theism should no part in government, and I believe no religion should be considered tax exempt unless they are explicitly offering charitable services (beyond the ever flat and ineffectual "thoughts and prayers").


Hm, I'm not sure how to describe it, I get what you mean. I guess I would say the basis of my views, rather the philosophy behind them, would be driven by individualism and so maybe my religion to a much less extent since that really is just more personal and not really political; but, when it comes down to the actual politics and policy, I tend to be more of a pragmatic compromiser, finding something between what people want, even if it's not what I want.


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19 Aug 2018, 7:11 pm

Spooky_Mulder wrote:
Politics: Democratic Socialist.

Philosophy: Humanist.

Religion: Jesuit, while anti-institutional.


welcome, fellow dem-soc- ist.



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26 Aug 2018, 5:17 pm

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Political: fairly conservative. I don't like to change or fix things unless I'm certain they actually need changing or are truly broken.

Philosophical: not sure if there's a name for this, but I essentially operate under the assumption that life has some intrinsic meaning, truth, and purpose, even if human beings can't always agree on the particulars of these abstractions. Humans need some stability and don't thrive in utter chaos. I eschew post-modernism, especially.

Religion: confessional Lutheran. I attend a Missouri Synod church. I do admit there's difficulty with the paradox of monergistic salvation and synergistic damnation. But I still think conservative Lutheranism comes the closest to how I think the Bible describes God and Jesus, and how Christians should proceed with their lives. (My husband is not theistic, and I wasn't at the time when I met him, either, but I came back to the faith in 2005--long story. He has learned that theism can be practiced genuinely without harming others and has no problem with my practice of faith. Given that most people are theistic to some degree, it would serve other non-theists well to respect and tolerate faith in and of itself. Those who stress tolerance as a virtue should practice it, after all.)


I'm a Missouri Synod guy myself. I personally tend to lean more to the left on social issues than is the norm of the LCMS.


ELCA here!


Sometimes I feel as if I'd be more at home in the ELCA, but I've been going to the same church for about 50 years, and have established long lasting relationships. I guess unless I get thrown out, I'm stuck where I am.


Hi, sorry for being super late to this, but what social issues are you on the left of more than the norm of LCMS? Not judging in advance, but genuinely curious.


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26 Aug 2018, 10:46 pm

kdm1984 wrote:
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Political: fairly conservative. I don't like to change or fix things unless I'm certain they actually need changing or are truly broken.

Philosophical: not sure if there's a name for this, but I essentially operate under the assumption that life has some intrinsic meaning, truth, and purpose, even if human beings can't always agree on the particulars of these abstractions. Humans need some stability and don't thrive in utter chaos. I eschew post-modernism, especially.

Religion: confessional Lutheran. I attend a Missouri Synod church. I do admit there's difficulty with the paradox of monergistic salvation and synergistic damnation. But I still think conservative Lutheranism comes the closest to how I think the Bible describes God and Jesus, and how Christians should proceed with their lives. (My husband is not theistic, and I wasn't at the time when I met him, either, but I came back to the faith in 2005--long story. He has learned that theism can be practiced genuinely without harming others and has no problem with my practice of faith. Given that most people are theistic to some degree, it would serve other non-theists well to respect and tolerate faith in and of itself. Those who stress tolerance as a virtue should practice it, after all.)


I'm a Missouri Synod guy myself. I personally tend to lean more to the left on social issues than is the norm of the LCMS.


ELCA here!


Sometimes I feel as if I'd be more at home in the ELCA, but I've been going to the same church for about 50 years, and have established long lasting relationships. I guess unless I get thrown out, I'm stuck where I am.


Hi, sorry for being super late to this, but what social issues are you on the left of more than the norm of LCMS? Not judging in advance, but genuinely curious.


LGBT rights, as well as the teaching of evolution and an eons old earth.


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26 Aug 2018, 11:10 pm

Ummm, extremely Liberal, I guess?

Well, I support Liberal candidates because they're the people with policies I agree with the most and there isn't another party that lines up with my views that also have any real effect on the government.

Also, I don't know any other party that has all of the nuanced opinions that I have too.

Philosophy: The idea behind this quote from a music blogger:

"[I]t's a waste of time to do anything since we'll all die one day. So who the f**k cares what someone else would say about you learning a language."

I don't know...call it optimistic Nihilism or Existentialism.

Religion: None

I don't believe in a god which technically makes me an atheist but my attitude is more like...I really don't care if one exists or not. Since there's no way to prove it, it should have no effect on my life, so I don't let it have an effect on my life. One time I described it like how Sherlock Holmes feels about knowing that the Earth revolving around the sun.

I don't know. I wrote a blog about my entire thought process but it's pretty long, boring, and a bit depressing, haha.

I don't want to spend a lot of time talking about my philosophy but I think it's interesting that my opinion has changed over a lot of things since I've been growing up and experiencing more things, but the underlying idea behind what I said in that blog still remains intact. Like, there's nothing I disagree with myself on my blog even if it's been written years ago. Considering that I have written a lot of things in my past that I don't agree with, I think that's kind of impressive.



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26 Aug 2018, 11:16 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
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Kraichgauer wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
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Political: fairly conservative. I don't like to change or fix things unless I'm certain they actually need changing or are truly broken.

Philosophical: not sure if there's a name for this, but I essentially operate under the assumption that life has some intrinsic meaning, truth, and purpose, even if human beings can't always agree on the particulars of these abstractions. Humans need some stability and don't thrive in utter chaos. I eschew post-modernism, especially.

Religion: confessional Lutheran. I attend a Missouri Synod church. I do admit there's difficulty with the paradox of monergistic salvation and synergistic damnation. But I still think conservative Lutheranism comes the closest to how I think the Bible describes God and Jesus, and how Christians should proceed with their lives. (My husband is not theistic, and I wasn't at the time when I met him, either, but I came back to the faith in 2005--long story. He has learned that theism can be practiced genuinely without harming others and has no problem with my practice of faith. Given that most people are theistic to some degree, it would serve other non-theists well to respect and tolerate faith in and of itself. Those who stress tolerance as a virtue should practice it, after all.)


I'm a Missouri Synod guy myself. I personally tend to lean more to the left on social issues than is the norm of the LCMS.


ELCA here!


Sometimes I feel as if I'd be more at home in the ELCA, but I've been going to the same church for about 50 years, and have established long lasting relationships. I guess unless I get thrown out, I'm stuck where I am.


Hi, sorry for being super late to this, but what social issues are you on the left of more than the norm of LCMS? Not judging in advance, but genuinely curious.


LGBT rights, as well as the teaching of evolution and an eons old earth.


The LCMS is firm on those first two issues you mentioned (LGBT marriage isn't supported within the church, and creationism is maintained), but they hold no official position on the age of the Earth per their web site. I took a Bible class recently on the subject at my local LCMS, and true to the web site, they weren't dogmatic about the Earth's age.


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27 Aug 2018, 1:27 am

kdm1984 wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
kdm1984 wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
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Political: fairly conservative. I don't like to change or fix things unless I'm certain they actually need changing or are truly broken.

Philosophical: not sure if there's a name for this, but I essentially operate under the assumption that life has some intrinsic meaning, truth, and purpose, even if human beings can't always agree on the particulars of these abstractions. Humans need some stability and don't thrive in utter chaos. I eschew post-modernism, especially.

Religion: confessional Lutheran. I attend a Missouri Synod church. I do admit there's difficulty with the paradox of monergistic salvation and synergistic damnation. But I still think conservative Lutheranism comes the closest to how I think the Bible describes God and Jesus, and how Christians should proceed with their lives. (My husband is not theistic, and I wasn't at the time when I met him, either, but I came back to the faith in 2005--long story. He has learned that theism can be practiced genuinely without harming others and has no problem with my practice of faith. Given that most people are theistic to some degree, it would serve other non-theists well to respect and tolerate faith in and of itself. Those who stress tolerance as a virtue should practice it, after all.)


I'm a Missouri Synod guy myself. I personally tend to lean more to the left on social issues than is the norm of the LCMS.


ELCA here!


Sometimes I feel as if I'd be more at home in the ELCA, but I've been going to the same church for about 50 years, and have established long lasting relationships. I guess unless I get thrown out, I'm stuck where I am.


Hi, sorry for being super late to this, but what social issues are you on the left of more than the norm of LCMS? Not judging in advance, but genuinely curious.


LGBT rights, as well as the teaching of evolution and an eons old earth.


The LCMS is firm on those first two issues you mentioned (LGBT marriage isn't supported within the church, and creationism is maintained), but they hold no official position on the age of the Earth per their web site. I took a Bible class recently on the subject at my local LCMS, and true to the web site, they weren't dogmatic about the Earth's age.


Unfortunately, I've met some church members who, while they don't accept the absurd notion that the earth is only six thousand years old, still refuse to believe the earth is billions of years old, let alone just millions. The religious right has been creeping into our church body since the sixties. The church I grew up in is vanishing.


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27 Aug 2018, 9:00 am

Politics: Social conservatism, democratic socialism in economics, pro-life, anti-gay 'marriage', pro-Brexit, anti-Trump, anti-China, anti-marxist, anti-cultural revisionism, etc. Etc.

Philosophy: empiricism, skepticism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, anti-Platonism, nominalism, compatibilism, hedonism, utilitarianism, logical positivism and logical atomism.

Religion: Atheism, agnosticism, deism, mysticism.



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Prometheus18 wrote:
Politics: Social conservatism, democratic socialism in economics, pro-life, anti-gay 'marriage', pro-Brexit, anti-Trump, anti-China, anti-marxist, anti-cultural revisionism, etc. Etc.

Philosophy: empiricism, skepticism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, anti-Platonism, nominalism, compatibilism, hedonism, utilitarianism, logical positivism and logical atomism.

Religion: Atheism, agnosticism, deism, mysticism.


Where are you from in the world? I asked because at least in America where I'm from, everyone believes social conservatism and economic democratic socialism is a contradiction, let alone social conservatism and atheism (and even that sounds more heard of compared to that former). Of course, not that the US is the only country here, we have plenty from the UK and New Zealand.