Meet an atheist, agnostic, or secular humanist
What does this person actually deny, affirm, value, and hope?
Meet an atheist, agnostic, or secular humanist
Distinguish philosophical naturalism, methodological naturalism, agnosticism, antitheism, secular humanism, practical atheism, and uncertainty shaped by suffering or church failure.
Identity
Which label, if any, does the person choose, and what do they mean by it?
God
Do they claim that God does not exist, that evidence is insufficient, or that the question is unimportant?
Reason
What makes human reasoning trustworthy and what could correct a settled belief?
Morality
Are moral duties objective, constructed, evolutionary, contractual, or expressions of preference?
Suffering
Does evil function as evidence against God, a protest against injustice, or a personal wound?
Hope
What finally happens to persons, love, justice, and human projects?
Your profile distinguishes the person’s stated position from assumptions attached to the label.
Draft six listening questions and identify the strongest argument or experience shaping the person.
Do not answer a label; understand the person’s reasons, authorities, and lived commitments.