Test: How Humanist Are You? 

I got sixty-five percent humanist. It said that I may be agnostic, which is true.

I got sixty-seven percent. This is accurate. I am agnostic.

Got 100%. I did not expect that (didn't know what to expect) so it is quite remarkable to me. Some of the questions made me think about my views before answering which made me like this test.

^Similar thing happened to me, lol. Discovered humanism by randomly reading an article about it one day... halfway through I realised it pretty much described my views with perfect accuracy xD

I also got one hundred percent, but I'm wary of humanists... I feel that as much as they align with my beliefs, they are a very White group, and I get the idea that they strive to be "color blind." Also, "gender blind," with people proudly declaring that they aren't feminist (such a dirty word!) but humanist (like... are they mutually exclusive?). It reminds me of those #AllLiveMatter people, who are so focused on their privileged view of equality that they can't see the suffering of others.

Here's a quote from a website analyzing why the movement seems predominantly White (and argues that there are "hidden hues").

While it acknowledges that the following reason why is 100% wrong, it no less admits that this is reasoning that many humanists have when it comes to explaining their lack of diversity:

"African-American and Hispanic communities are without freethought traditions, we argue, and longstanding religious orientations are built into their cultures. Therefore it’s up to us to bring humanism to them and hopefully overcome a longstanding bias against it. But, it turns out, that would be like bringing cheese to Wisconsin." (link)

^^If that doesn't sound like colonial thinking and the White Man's Burden, I don't know what does.

(For context, the rest of the article argues it's because religion is an important factor in communities of color, which is why it's hard for them to be non-theistic... but while religion IS important to many communities of color, I really think it's more nuanced than that).

Ew. Indeed that's uncomfortably reminiscent of colonial-style thinking and the notion of 'cultural superiority'. I think it's merely a subset of humanists that have such sentiments though. The more radical, anti-religious ones than those that are mainstream.

I think the stances of the link more accurately represent humanist beliefs to me (their recent-most posts from 7th to 9th July strongly support feminism and Black Lives Matter, unfortunately I don't know how to permalink them though). As they say, "empathy and egalitarianism are at the heart of humanism". Therefore, when one group is unfairly disadvantaged, we must strive to rectify that inequality. The aforementioned page thus points out that 'All Lives Matter' is disingenuous because it is black people that face the overwhelming disadvantage in regards to police brutality. We must thus acknowledge and fix that specific problem instead of sweeping it under the rug. Human rights are very important in humanism, and with that should come support for equality movements. It's unfortunate that some humanists don't see it that way.

Absolutely, there is variety among individual beliefs in any group. Perhaps some of my misgivings also comes from the fact that most of the people I've seen speaking out about humanist principals (which again, I agree with in general) have been white men like Stephen Fry. Now, I respect Mr. Fry, and I agree with the message, I just wish it felt... more... diverse, I guess? It's difficult to pinpoint why I am uncomfortable with it. I don't think that humanists are intentionally responsible for the lack of POC voices, and I am sure that they would welcome more POC members and want to amplify their voice... but the fact that they don't have many to begin with is unusual.

NOTHING against humanism, or those who identify as humanist. It seems like an awesome philosophy, particularly in theory, but I'm not convinced about how it works in practice. So I'm not sure if I want to adopt the label or be a part of that group yet, even though I apparently align 100% with their values and ways of thinking. But that doesn't mean I won't in the future.

If the questions in this quiz are what humanism is about, then I think those subjects aren't something for which I need an organisation. But I'm not really someone who likes groups and organisations anyway.

I got 90% but it didn't give me a "why".