I get a little lurch in my stomach at seeing the names Harris
   and Hitchens. I shouldn't I suppose.. but I think it's their
   priestly influence that gets me; bishops of a new religion that
   believes its not because of its contrived definition of
   religion.

   I'd say I'm plain old agnostic in the sense of "I don't know". I
   love science where it works and see places where it doesn't.
   [objective analysis of subjective experience will always be a
   limiting factor; some areas the sciences *can't* currently
   venture into just yet due to their own self-definition of
   methdologies].

   I'm close to a humanist in the sense that I believe that, well,
   we don't really have much choice at the moment. When we can talk
   to the animals or find an alien, maybe we can get a different
   perspective, but at the moment, we're all too human and that has
   to always be taken into account.

   That's also what keeps me from fully being a humanist, because I
   also somewhat see all of life as if it is a giant slime mold
   born 4 billion years ago (or 10 - whatever) that bubbles on this
   planet and is mostly indistinguishable from one another.

   Not secular because I don't have a problem with belief; there's
   no escaping being a believer of some kind due to our cognitive
   processes and how they function.

   But in spirit, I'm close to it.