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virus: 'reasonables'
« on: 2003-10-16 14:29:13 »

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Re:virus: 'reasonables'
« Reply #1 on: 2003-10-16 15:59:11 »

[aperick]
The thing wrong with Godless sorts calling themselves 'reasonables' is that most all the God fearers see their beliefs as most reasonable. We need a truly new term. Then people will have to ask exactly what this new term means.

[rhinoceros]
Did you see the names which have been suggested instead of 'Brights' in the Skeptics link I posted yesterday? ("The Big 'Bright' Brouhaha")? No suggestion for 'Reasonables', but there are 'Reasonalists' and 'Reasonists'.

There are also 'Enoughists', 'Frees', 'Mortals' (hey BJK!), 'Heathen', 'Nuffists', 'Opens', 'Sprites', 'Twains', and many more.

The responses to Skeptic magazine about the term 'Brights' were:

1. No Position, just commented on process: 3 (3%)
2. Offered alternative name without commenting on “Brights”: 23 (26%)
3. Negative on Brights, offered alternative name: 37 (42%)
4. Negative on Brights, no alternative offered: 18 (20%)
5. Positive on Brights: 8 (9%)

Here is the full list of the suggested names:

Agnahumans
Agnamen
Agnascepts
Agnastics
Agnostics
Anaxagorians
Anti-theist
Apatheism
Apatheists
Asupernaturalists
Athiests
Athnasceps
Athnastics
Atomists
Atoms
B.R.I.G.H.T.s
Brites
Cleariats
Clears
Critical Thinkers
Enlightened Ones
Enoughists
Enrealders
Epicurian Naturalists
Epicurians
Evaluators
Evaluites
Evolvers
Fallibatheists
Forthrights
Freedoubters
Freedoubts
Frees
Freethinkers
Geians
Godless Bolshaviks
Gouldists
Heathen
Huhhers
Humanists
I am of a scientific mind
Illuminaries
Infidels
Inquirers
Inquisitors
Intellectual-liberal
Intellectuals
Life-long Learners
Lights
Lucids
Mortals
Nagnoscepts
Nagnoskepts
Natagnostics
Natanostics
Natnostics
Nats
Natural Philosopher
Naturalies
Naturalismists
Naturalists
Naturals
Naturies
Naturists
Neocleariats
Neo-gnostics
Neo-thinker
No label at all
No-Names
Non-believers
Nuffists
Open thinkers
Openminders
Opens
ORBs
Passionate Rationalists
Philosophical Naturalists
Phrontisteries
Pragmatic Realists
Probing Minds
QEDs
Questioneer
RASPs
Rationalists
Rational Materialists
RAVENs
Realders
Realists
Realitivists
Reasonalists
Reasonists
Reductionists
Rethinkers
Scepnastics
Scepnostics
Sceptmen
Sciencians
Scientific Secularists
Scientists
Secular Humanists
Secularists
Seculars
Seekers
Skepnastics
Skeptics
Skeptmen
Smart-people-unlike-you-dumb-people
Sprites
The Happies
Thinkers
Thinkstirrers
Truists
Truth Seekers
Twains
Unbelievers
Untheists
Wonder
Worlders

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RE: virus: 'reasonables'
« Reply #2 on: 2003-10-16 16:39:21 »

rhinoceros
> Sent: 16 October 2003 2159
> [rhinoceros]
<snip>
> Did you see the names which have been suggested instead of 'Brights'
in
> the Skeptics link I posted yesterday? ("The Big 'Bright' Brouhaha")?
No
> suggestion for 'Reasonables', but there are 'Reasonalists' and
> 'Reasonists'.
>
> There are also 'Enoughists', 'Frees', 'Mortals' (hey BJK!), 'Heathen',
> 'Nuffists', 'Opens', 'Sprites', 'Twains', and many more.
<snip>
[Blunderov]
How about 'Progressives'?
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Re: virus: 'reasonables'
« Reply #3 on: 2003-10-16 17:41:52 »

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RE: virus: 'reasonables'
« Reply #4 on: 2003-10-16 18:15:49 »

[Ant]
Well, I was half-facetious suggesting 'reasonables', but if it's a new
coinage we're after, something like...

philo[a-z]* lovers of reason

Does anyone know enough classical Greek to complete this... ?

Ant

[Kalkor]
Maybe something like 'philotheist' (lovers of reason pertaining to theism?)
'philognostic' (lovers of reason pertaining to gnosticism?)
'philomemes' (lovers of reason pertaining to memes in general?)

I don't know if my grammar is correct or even useable in these examples,
just brainstorming here. Thanks for the suggestion Ant!

Kalkor

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