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Ah, I see, so your typology has three basic types then, correct?

Wow, is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?

Yes, there is an entire study of decision making in psychology, a very interesting area to study. Most people, however often forget that the intuitive thinking often comes complete with cognitive bias. Therefore they tend to treat each other like objects rather than people. Martin Buber talked...

I see. And where would the Buddha be in your typology?

People. Just people. Which is what theists and atheists are, yet we talk about each other as if we were objects. So very strange. Even the way we discuss beliefs or non-beliefs tends to objectify people, yet no one notices. Perhaps that is the point, no one is supposed to notice the ground just...

So, according to your definition, if I understand correctly, there are four different types, but not everyone fits into those types. Do I have it right?

If he happened to be a Buddhist, he might be praying for you!

And do you want to put people into neat boxes, and if so, why?

So what exactly is an atheist?

Alan Watts used to say that once one learns that a religion is unnecessary, it's fun to have one.

I had to take several courses on statistical analyses in college, and if someone claims that something is statistically significant I would have to see the work. Each discipline uses different statistical analyses to represent the data collected, and this is recorded in a research report. These...

Fair enough, let me clean that up a bit, lest I get into a sort of "nothing but-ness" Though the labels we use constrain our thinking, they in themselves mean nothing, it is the intent that is important. In essence, the map is not the territory, though language nearly compels us to think so...

There's something about the terms we use that certainly cause confusion. Pyscholinguistics is an area of study that shows how language influences thinking. For example, the term "natural law" is something no one questions. Indeed, it is something nearly all of use agree is a given fact. And yet...

Okay, I just had to tease you about that one.

The need for closure, fear of ambiguity, existential angst, social conditioning, the need to belong, these are all aspects of the absurdity of the human condition. And that's just psych 101! It gets sticky from here, and somewhat philosophical, but being human means we have to deal with these...

You would think a scientist would avoid being so narrowly defined. I once heard that a fool who persists in his folly will become wise. I've studied science and religion, and find two wonderful ways of looking at, and discovering the world around me. What I find is that while science is...

Thomas, Very well explained, thank you. So then, in your view, are all of us of that same nature? Does the Divine operate through and as us with the inherent limitations, including a certain amnesia (apparently) about reality?

People tend to view new information, or for that matter, any information in two basic ways: assimilation and accommodation. When people use assimilation, they tend to fit things into what they already know. When accommodation is occurring, people go beyond what they know to form a new idea or...

Well, I suppose you could say they were all Brahman

Oh I don't know, there a whole lot of deities out there. ;)