I recently ask the community here, "Are we (humans) special?" along with 4 possible answers, a yes and no for believers of god, and a yes and no for non believers and agnostics. In all honestly, the point of doing this was to answer "Do theistic/creationist beliefs cause one to presume that humans are special?" with a yes. And this is [b]my thinking when writing the initial thread[/b]: [quote] "Special" as in better or more significant from the rest of the universe. Abnormal. In the hierarchy of reality, being higher up. Theistic/creationist beliefs are the only cause to think that we are special in this sense, because it is the only organized belief set that would do such. Agnostics do not fall into this category because their view on God isn't exactly decisive, and theistic/creationist beliefs use God to make humans seem special. [/quote] That being said, [b]the results did not prove me right[/b]. They [i]sort of[/i] supported my initial thinking, but not nearly enough so that I would consider myself right. Here are the hard numbers: [spoiler]Yes-God- 110 votes 28% Yes-no god/agnostic- 55 votes 14% No- God-54 votes 14% No-no god/agnostic-167 votes 43% 386 total voters Yes- 165 votes No- 221 votes God/Creationism - 164 voters - 42% of total -67% yes -33% no Agnosticism/Atheism/Non-theism - 222 voters - 57% of total - 27% yes - 73% no Percentage of Yes by Theists - 66% Percentage of No by Theists - 24% Percentage of Yes by Atheists/agnostics/non-theists- 33% Percentage of no by " " - 75% [/spoiler] The experiment accomplished successfully showed a trend, or a majority if you will that would support my initial inquiry. However, I feel like there is a margin of error that is skewing the results. Possibly in misunderstanding, possibly within the distinction of practicing/non practicing peoples in a religion. I still feel as though that a practicing religious person would have a more entitled opinion of the human race than myself (atheist). However, I do not think this is as extreme as I did my initial thinking, where there is a healthy amount of people in the sample space that would disagree. How do you feel about these results? And, further more, [b]Do you feel as though the more religious an individual is, the higher their opinion of human beings becomes? [/b] TL;DR: wan sum fuk bby? Thanks to all who participated! Oh and inb4 filthy b8 title.