User:Juan Ponderas

Welcome to the Wikipedia homepage of Juan Ponderas. Some information follows on my contributions to Wikipedia and my life beyond the encyclopedia.

Contributions to Wikipedia

Focusing mostly on politics, I wrote most of communitarianism, and have worked on political spectrum, Nolan chart, same-sex marriage, and some others. In the future, I would like to work on metaphysical topics such as epiphenomenalism- a task for which I'm probably better-qualified.

Theoretical Biases

If I believe something that I shouldn't, contact me; I love a good debate. As seen by historical versions here, I can change my beliefs.

Politics

I am an...

• Progressive Radical Centrist
• Cultural Creative
• Humanitarian

in favor of...

• Democratic meritocracy
• Communitarianism and decentralization
• Environmental protection and Apollo Project
• Operation Iraqi Freedom and vigorous War on Terror
• Condorcet method and direct representation
• Overlap Thesis

and against...

• Isolationism
• Metrification
• Animal rights
• Socialism

Religion

"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process" - Samuel Coleridge

I am a...

• Liberal Christian
• United Church of Christ member
• Christian Humanist

who believes in...

• Natural theology
• Universal reconciliation
• Panentheism
• Ecumenism

and opposes...

• Substitutionary atonement
• Fire and brimstone
• Biblical inerrancy
• Anti-theism

Ethics

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good for those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you. -Jesus Christ

I am in favor of...

• Consequentialism
• Veil of ignorance
• Eudaimonia
• Agape

and against...

• Moral relativism
• Nihilism
• Egoism
• The Law

Metaphysics

I believe in...

• Principle of Sufficient Reason
• Presentism
• Free Will
• Idealism or neutral monism

Culture

I believe in...

• Post-materialism
• Form is a function
• Same-sex marriage

and oppose...

• Identity or marriage based on gender, race, or sexuality
• Legalized harmful drug usage or suicide

Outside Wikipedia

I live in Chico, California.

Political spectrums

I've proposed a new model of the political spectrum. Essentially, it has three axes; ideal social order, ideal economic order, and level of government power advocated. While I see no obvious flaws with it, for example false predictions, I don't think it is a final solution, if such a thing could be said to exist. I'm actually working on a new one, which should be interesting.

Proposal: Wikibate

I've made a proposal for a future Wikimedia project; Wikibate, or Wiki Debate. Adam contacted me about a similar project he had started, and I got involved in starting that up. I'd like to see it endorse by Wikimedia, but if the project is never endorsed by Wikimedia we'll have a project ready to go. I encourage anyone interested to take a look; you can check out 'Recent Changes' to see current issues, particularly regarding organization.

Mozilla

While not a coder, I have been doing some stuff concerning the Mozilla family of programs, particluarly the Firefox browser, which I highly recommend to anyone. My knowlege in the area is mainly of the graphics/css type, though I have been trying to get a hold on XUL, an interface technology language, and intend to learn actual programming later.

My main accomplishment so far has been solving the somewhat trivial Bug 222799. It was exciting, though, having some lines I wrote put into a browser used by millions.

More

Weltanschauung Not sure if I agree, but here is an accessment of my world view:

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational. Cultural Creative 63% Idealist 56% Existentialist 50% Romanticist 31% Fundamentalist 25% Postmodernist 25% Modernist 25% Materialist 13% What is Your World View?

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