Non-theistic · nontheistic

Secular Humanism

One life, no supervision, and an ethics built from reason and human solidarity rather than received from anywhere. Organised, articulate and explicit that meaning is made rather than found.

What makes it unusual

The axes on which this tradition sits furthest from the middle of the matrix — which is to say, the positions that actually distinguish it.

A1 Divine realitynothing beyond the naturalFurther toward "nothing beyond the natural" than most traditions in the matrix.
C1 Survival of the selfends at deathFurther toward "ends at death" than most traditions in the matrix.
A2 Personhoodimpersonal principle or orderFurther toward "impersonal principle or order" than most traditions in the matrix.
A4 Locuswholly beyond the worldFurther toward "wholly beyond the world" than most traditions in the matrix.

All seventeen positions

Each cell carries a centre, a dispersion — how much internal variation the tradition genuinely tolerates — and the source the position rests on. Disagree with one? Say so; corrections are public and recorded.

The same seventeen values as a single shape, read clockwise from A1 at the top. The outline is where the tradition sits; the wider band around it is the variation it genuinely tolerates, so a tight outline is a tight tradition.

position
tolerated variation

A · The divine

Axis	Position	Value	±σ
A1 Divine realitynothing beyond the natural → a divine reality certainly exists	nothing beyond the naturalHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.02	0.03
A2 Personhoodimpersonal principle or order → a personal being one can address	impersonal principle or orderHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.02	0.03
A3 Pluralitystrictly one → many powers and spirits	strictly oneHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.02	0.02
A4 Locuswholly beyond the world → fully present within it	wholly beyond the worldHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.10	0.10

B · Knowledge and authority

Axis	Position	Value	±σ
B1 Source of truthrevealed and fixed → reason and direct experience	reason and direct experienceHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.98	0.02
B2 Reading of sacred textliteral and binding → metaphorical, or no text at all	metaphorical, or no text at allHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.95	0.04
B3 Institutional authorityclergy and tradition decide → individual conscience decides	individual conscience decidesHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.95	0.04

C · Self and destiny

Axis	Position	Value	±σ
C1 Survival of the selfends at death → continues in some form	ends at deathHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.02	0.03
C2 Shape of timeone life, then judgment → cyclical return	one life, then judgmentHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.05	0.05
C3 The human conditionfallen and in need of rescue → ignorant but fundamentally sound	ignorant but fundamentally soundHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.88	0.08

D · Practice

Axis	Position	Value	±σ
D1 Mechanism of the ultimate goodgiven as grace → achieved by effort or insight	achieved by effort or insightHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.95	0.05
D2 Centrality of ritualessential and prescribed → optional or absent	optional or absentHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.92	0.06
D3 The bodyto be disciplined → to be celebrated	leaning to be celebratedHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.78	0.12

E · World and others

Axis	Position	Value	±σ
E1 Exclusivityone true path → many valid paths	many valid pathsHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.85	0.10
E2 Origin of the cosmosan intentional act → beginningless or natural	beginningless or naturalHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.98	0.02
E3 Locus of belonginga people, inherited → an individual choice	an individual choiceHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.92	0.06
E4 Standing of naturecreation, given for use → animate and itself sacred	between creation, given for use and animate and itself sacredHumanist Manifesto III (2003) and the Amsterdam Declaration (2002)	0.55	0.16

Compared with

Where do you sit?

The questionnaire places your own answers on these same seventeen axes and reports how close you are to this tradition and to 64 others. Take it — eight to fourteen questions, nothing transmitted.