This is a very POLITICAL viewpoint but I'd love to get a non-religious viewpoint

Dr. Baltar

Hi everyone, out of curiosity I posted a thread in the politics forum with this same post but I would like to get a Christian and Atheistic/Agnostic viewpoint too and see if a religious/non-religious view translates towards someones political views.

Here is my post:

Sir Baralot wrote: »

Go to The Political Compass Website and clcik 'Take the Test' when you have completed the quiz save the picture of your graph and upload to a website such as www.imageshack.us and post your result here.


Here's mine:

For those of you who are confused, the further towards the bottom of the chart the red dot goes the more socially liberal you are and the further upwards it goes the more socially conservative you are.
The further left it goes the more anti-business you are, and the further right it goes the more pro-business you are.

apoch632

Those things are usually way to American centric to really apply here.

There is no real left/right split in America. Its right/center

Zillah

I did this test before. Landed, shockingly enough, slightly bottom left. I'll do it properly when I have time later.

Dr. Baltar

apoch632 wrote: »

Those things are usually way to American centric to really apply here.

There is no real left/right split in America. Its right/center

I agree. Socially the questions seem fine, but I feel that the business questions are way too left in the way that they are asked.

jill_valentine

Handsome Bob

I'm agnostic for the record.

Daemonic

No surprise really.

Zillah

I thought in my old age I'd be a little less idealistic and end up a little more central than I had before:



Apparently not.

I'd be quite curious to see where some of our regular Christian posters, like Jakkass, Hurin and CDfm, land on this scale.

Handsome Bob

Zillah wrote: »

I thought in my old age I'd be a little less idealistic and end up a little more central than I had before:



Apparently not.

I'd be quite curious to see where some of our regular Christian posters, like Jakkass, Hurin and CDfm, land on this scale.

The same thread is over in Christianity too, and they are all scoring on the left funnily enough.

And old age? I thought you're in college? Or are you one of those rare breed known as "mature student".:pac:

toiletduck

I've done this not too long ago so won't bother again, test results were very libertarian on the centre-ish.

dvpower

Zillah wrote: »

I did this test before. Landed, shockingly enough, slightly bottom left. I'll do it properly when I have time later.

Me too. (Even when I tried to lie to it. )

Mena

Rabid Anti-Theist and a 6.99999 on the Atheist scale:

Dades

I'm wondering if I should even bother my arse! I think I want to see someone with a different result first...

Húrin

Zillah wrote: »

I thought in my old age I'd be a little less idealistic and end up a little more central than I had before:



Apparently not.

I'd be quite curious to see where some of our regular Christian posters, like Jakkass, Hurin and CDfm, land on this scale.

I have about the same score as you, perhaps a bit more to the left. I didn't need this to tell me I was on the left though!

LZ5by5 wrote: »

The same thread is over in Christianity too, and they are all scoring on the left funnily enough.

Funnily enough?

Zillah

LZ5by5 wrote: »

And old age? I thought you're in college? Or are you one of those rare breed known as "mature student".:pac:

I was in college, graduated last year, and no I'm not actually old. But the last time I did it was four years ago or so and I thought maybe my answers would be a little more...jaded.

EDIT:

Curious. I just checked the theist results. We're all going fairly left but the Christians are leaning a little bit more authoritarian on average than we are. Seems appropriate.

Handsome Bob

Húrin wrote: »

Funnily enough?

No offence intended.

Naz_st

Far be it for me to rock the leftist boat!

Zillah

^ Now that's an interesting result. I presume you answered quite liberally on the questions about sex/art/authority but apparently you trust corporations, love rich people and think the poor aren't worth your time? (exaggerations of course)

Naz_st

Zillah wrote: »

^ Now that's an interesting result. I presume you answered quite liberally on the questions about sex/art/authority but apparently you trust corporations, love rich people and think the poor aren't worth your time? (exaggerations of course)

Pretty much!

who what when

Bduffman

I'm closer to the bottom left corner than Gandhi & Nelson Mandela. :eek:

The Mad Hatter

Me, too! Me, too!

Hm, I seem to be slightly further to the south-west than most people here...

Dades

Couldn't resist.

Handsome Bob

I would just like to add that my dot is close to Mandela and Gandhi, I always knew I was built in their mould.:p:pac:

Húrin

Zillah wrote: »

^ Now that's an interesting result. I presume you answered quite liberally on the questions about sex/art/authority but apparently you trust corporations, love rich people and think the poor aren't worth your time? (exaggerations of course)

Common enough here. Ireland has become a more right-wing country in recent decades. Most of the religious Catholic types I know are conservative but on the left, and most atheists I know are evenly divided between liberal left and liberal right.

the_syco

I feel insulted, somehow? I thought my beliefs would be more rightwing?

Dades

Húrin wrote: »

most atheists I know are evenly divided between liberal left and liberal right.

Seems to be different to what is emerging here.

cavedave

Economic Left/Right: 2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41

Everyone else I know comes out as Gandhi. It is interesting to compare where people come with the Irish political parties. Very few people come out as authoritarian but they vote that way.

Bduffman

cavedave wrote: »

Economic Left/Right: 2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41

Everyone else I know comes out as Gandhi. It is interesting to compare where people come with the Irish political parties. Very few people come out as authoritarian but they vote that way.

Thats because most blindly vote the way their parents vote. A bit like religion really

It's who I am...

Húrin

Dades wrote: »

Seems to be different to what is emerging here.

Should have emphasised the I know part. Most people I know don't post on boards.

Dades

Húrin wrote: »

Should have emphasised the I know part. Most people I know don't post on boards.

I wasn't disagreeing with you, only pointing out what I'd noticed. I'm well aware Boards is a microcosm, as is anyone's social circle.

Goduznt Xzst

compass has been in my sig for a while. I find it very idealistic though, and there tends to be a duplicity between what people imagine they want and how they act.

I want a world of equal rights, but I also want cheap clothes and products. I accept that a lot of people less fortunate than myself are buffering my western lifestyle and supporting it while suffering themselves. With our wallets, we tend to vote right.

Reminds me of Sideshow Bob: "Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals and rule you like a king!"

Benjamin Franklins quote below also seems to be becoming more and more appropriate:

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

Burgo

The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92

Dr. Baltar

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

It's who I am...

Heil!

Mickeroo

stevejazzx

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The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51

Zillah

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

It's who I am...

This is a joke, right? Right?

Zillah

Zillah wrote: »

This is a joke, right? Right?

No, of course not. It's just the way it came out... I think it reflects who I am quite accurately.

(But really, it came out pretty much identical to every other one that has been posted: far to the left and down low).

Calibos

I cannot believe that the closest Irish political party to my result is.......The Shinners!!! Jesus H! The irony. They are the one Irish political party I would never ever vote for

eoin5

In sig, same as most others here it seems.

Dades

Calibos wrote: »

I cannot believe that the closest Irish political party to my result is.......The Shinners!!! Jesus H! The irony. They are the one Irish political party I would never ever vote for

I feel your pain - I'm closest to the Greens. :pac:

edanto

In Green I trust.

cavedave

Could it be that atheists are less likely to be authoritarian? If you think you need someone looking over you to make sure you don't go wrong would you be willing to accept a deity or a politician to do that job?

KarmaGarda

Roughly what I was expecting to be honest!

rockmongrel

Doesn't surprise me.

Flamed Diving

One needs to remember that this is an American survey, and thus most Europeans would be viewed as left-wing. I reckon one should do the test, and then visually shift the dot a few notchs to the right and maybe up a bit.

death1234567

Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.15

So I'm only slightly right wing according to the test, interesting but inaccurate.

TheInquisitor

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I dunno how to make it big but anyway im surprised i wasn't much more right leading

Sam Vimes

Pretty much as expected

Take that, authority!!