“Scientism” isn’t a good term. You could use “Freethinkers”, “Nontheists”, “Skeptics”, or maybe “Brights”. “Skeptics” may be the best option, because it allows a distance for the members of the group when posting to the religion forum. What would be the point though? I would imagine that there would be threads like “10 reasons why God is a prick and Jesus was gay [Skeptic Caucus]”. I’m not even sure that FR is equipped to handle the current situation in the religion forum. I don’t think it is wise to invite even more vitriol here.
“Scientism” isn’t a good term.
***I would have used “Scientology” but that one was taken.
You could use “Freethinkers”, “Nontheists”, “Skeptics”, or maybe “Brights”.
***I have no preference. I’ll use whatever term they prefer for themselves. Unfortunately for them, many refuse to acknowledge the element of faith in their belief system — maybe science faith is a descriptive term?
“Skeptics” may be the best option, because it allows a distance for the members of the group when posting to the religion forum.
***I’m a skeptic. That one doesn’t fly very well.
What would be the point though? I would imagine that there would be threads like “10 reasons why God is a prick and Jesus was gay [Skeptic Caucus]”.
***That would be up to the religion moderator. The science faithers WANT protection from religious zealotry, and I agree that they should get it, even though I am more in agreement with the religious zealots than the science faithers.
I’m not even sure that FR is equipped to handle the current situation in the religion forum. I don’t think it is wise to invite even more vitriol here.
***Actually, the aim is to invite LESS vitriol, because the system appears to be working well on the religion threads.