Religion and Atheism

[Loopy Grumpkins]

A few weeks ago I made this chart of the "degrees of religion."

I apologize for the angle. If you have Microsoft PowerPoint, you can see a better version at the link below-

Degrees of Religion Chart.ppt

Just to clarify, a "Happy" Atheist is someone who is okay with other people being religious. Therefore, for most "Happy" Atheists, atheism is not a very big part of their lives. The same goes for "Happy" Religious People except with religion.

"Ambivalent" People are people who are okay with other people being atheists or  religious people, but if someone condemns their beliefs, they will defend their own beliefs.

Antitheists are people who want to completely destroy religion and won't rest until everyone on the planet is an atheist. Zealots are the exact same thing, only devoutly religious.

Conversionists are people who want to convert everyone else to their beliefs.

Cultists are extremely religious and view themselves as being above "non-believers" but don't really go out of their way to convert (I know that this isn't a conventional definition.)

Extremists view all "non-believers"  as being beyond saving and want to destroy everyone who doesn't think like they do.

 For the later three, it should be noted that these can be on both zealot and antitheist  sides.

The moderate category is made up of non-practicing religious people and agnostics.

There is also a separate bubble that I didn't include which is made up of all the people who just don't care about religion or atheism at all.

There may be other categories which I haven't thought of or I was just too lazy to include so please feel free to inform me about those. So, tell me what you think of the chart and where you place on it.

[Alley Bartley]

I think that your chart serves a nice basic purpose outlining the generalities of the topic. We are all aware that there are going to be exceptions but for the generality of the whole thing and practicality of making a chart for this very complex subject; i say good work. I identify myself as atheist in the world but on your chart, using your definitions, I would say that I bounce between being a "Happy" Atheist and Antitheist, depending on my mood. Where do you fall on this chart?