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Poll: Where do you fall on this scale?

Richard Dawkins proposed this scale of theistic probability that most people fall on. His thought was that theist/agnostic/atheist was too limiting of a description.

If you had to give yourself a number, where would you put yourself?

1. Strong theist. 100 per cent probability of God. In the words of C.G. Jung: "I do not believe, I know."

2. De facto theist. Very high probability but short of 100 per cent. "I don't know for certain, but I strongly believe in God and live my life on the assumption that he is there."

3. Leaning towards theism. Higher than 50 per cent but not very high. "I am very uncertain, but I am inclined to believe in God."

4. Completely impartial. Exactly 50 per cent. "God's existence and non-existence are exactly equiprobable."

5. Leaning towards Atheism. Lower than 50 per cent but not very low. "I do not know whether God exists but I'm inclined to be skeptical."

6. De facto atheist. Very low probability, but short of zero. "I don't know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there."

7. Strong atheist. "I know there is no God, with the same conviction as Jung knows there is one."

Dawkins also believed that there probably were very few atheists that would be an actual '7,' yet there were probably plenty of people that would consider them selves a 1.

Update:

Personally, I am a 6.9.

However, I do find it interesting, how many people can be a '1,' to know something for absolute certainty despite a total lack of evidence.

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  • 7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    It depends. I know 100% that the Abrahamic god doesn't exist, but I couldn't honestly write off the possibility of a deity-like being existing in the universe.

    For all intents and purposes though you can put me under 7.

  • nosson
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    1

  • Esther
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Also 1.

  • 7 years ago

    Number 1

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    6

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    6

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