Just Kristin

Took a quiz on the New Human­ist site today, and was told that I am a Hedo­nis­tic Human­ist. I agree, out­side of the rea­son for becom­ing an athe­ist, which had more to do with hypocrisy and thought­less accep­tance than my own desire to rid myself of eth­i­cal stan­dards. If I do any­thing to jeop­ar­dize my athe­ist stand­ing, it will be through unapolo­getic love of Christ­mas car­ols and the inabil­ity to prop­erly shun Christian-themed art and archi­tec­ture. My ass just isn’t that hard. :)

What kind of human­ist are you?
Hedo­nis­tic Humanist

You are one of life’s enjoy­ers, deter­mined to get the most you can out of your brief spell on this glo­ri­ous planet. What first attracted you to athe­ism was the prospect of lib­er­a­tion from the Ten Com­mand­ments, few of which are com­pat­i­ble with a life of plea­sure. You play hard and work quite hard, have a strong sense of loy­alty and a relaxed but con­sis­tent approach to your phi­los­o­phy. You can’t see the point of abstract prin­ci­ples and prob­a­bly wouldn’t lay down your life for a con­cept, though you might for a friend. Some­thing of a cham­pagne human­ist, you admire George Bernard Shaw for his cheer­ful agnos­ti­cism and pur­suit of sen­sual rewards, and your Hol­ly­wood hero is Mar­lon Brando, who was beau­ti­ful (for a while), iras­ci­ble and aimed for good­ness in his own tor­tured way. You adored the human­ist Lon­don bus slo­gan (“There’s prob­a­bly no God, now stop wor­ry­ing and enjoy your life”) and are delighted that wild young come­di­ans like Stew­art Lee, Christina Mar­tin and Ricky Ger­vais share your full-blooded rejec­tion of reli­gion. Some­times you might be tempted to allow your own plea­sures to take prece­dence over your ethics. But every­one is striv­ing for that elu­sive bal­ance between the good and the happy life. You’d prob­a­bly bet­ter open another bot­tle and agree that for you there’s no contest.