First of all, I should note that one’s general classification of a religious inclination (e.g: Jewish, Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, etc.) is not always indicative of of a their idea system or philosophy. That put aside, I consider myself a self-sufficient, optimistic, idealistic and anti-cynical, pluralistic, anti-Fatalist, agnostic. Now let me explain what all those mean:

• I’m agnostic because I’m not sure whether God — however he/she/they/it are manifested — exists or not. I suspect they do, but don’t take chances and don’t wish to risk dying - now or ever.

• I’m self-sufficient because I believe that “The Gods Help Those That Help Themselves”, that “Reality to be Conquered Must Be Obeyed” and all that Jazz.

• I am optimistic, idealistic and anti-cynical because I believe that people are inherently good, can be trusted and that humanity is going forward instead of backward. I feel like my life is gradually improving and that almost every day is the best day of my life so far , and that 2014 (when these lines were written) is the best year I can remember (and I’m 1977-born).

• I’m pluralistic, because I constantly have derived and will derive inspiration from many sources and also try not to dismiss an insight based on its source - see Ad-hominem, Reductio ad Hitlerum for more information about why this is fallacious.

  Also see this quote by Larry Wall about All Truth is God's Truth.

• I am anti-Fatalistic because I believe that humans’ survival mechanism - reason operates by choice, and not automatically, and that we have free will. This is as opposed to the new age crop of neo-Deterministic materialistic atheists who believe that the laws of physics dictate exactly what a person will think and do.