Religions Wiki:Neutral point of view
This website is written from a skeptical point of view, meaning that belief should be proportioned to the evidence. This seems to be the only sensible way of evaluating claims. This is what this site considers to be a "neutral" point of view. If God met the burden of proof, this would be a theist site. However, we aim to not automatically assume one way or another in content writing.
In some ways, we generally adhere to the Wikipedia neutral point of view, but deviate from it in some ways. Facts should be stated impartially. Where there is dispute about the facts, the professional scientific and historical consensus is preferred. We will try to fairly present the best examples of opposing arguments if any exist. Conclusions are written from a neutral i.e. skeptical point of view.
The site admins reserve the right to make executive decisions on whether an article adheres to our standards or not, and we will be the final arbiters on this matter.
Is this an atheist website?
This site is sometimes accused of being an atheist website. That is somewhat correct as the editors consider a skeptical approach tends to lead to towards atheism.
Other point of view considerations
Our focus is on counter-apologetics, and we assume that our audience is the type of person that is interested in that subject. It is further assumed that our editors will have most of the following traits:
- Skeptical towards supernatural claims
- Rational and interested in thoughtful argumentation
- Somewhat materialistic (in the philosophical, not consumeristic, sense)
- Somewhat humanistic
- Recognize science as a reliable approach to acquiring knowledge
If atheists and secularists meeting those conditions are strongly divided on an issue, the associated article should mention this and try to provide arguments for and against each position. Acknowledging disagreement among atheists should not be treated as threatening, since we are opposed to dogma.
