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An encyclopedia you can argue with

Beliefpedia holds 45 worldviews — religions, schools and modern movements — described the same way, scored the same way, and placed on one shared axis so they can actually be compared.

The agency axis

Agency is not free will. It is desire plus competence plus optimism — the belief that your effort dents the world. Every entry sits between −100 (nothing is in your hands) and +100 (everything is). It measures a property of the system, not its truth or worth.

The six tiers

• The Extinguishers — Leave the match. The self, the game, or the point of playing gets snuffed out.

• The Surrenderers — Play the match — but play it for Him. The steering wheel belongs to someone else.

• The Balancers — Act, but hold it loosely. Effort is yours; the result is negotiated with the world.

• The Pragmatists — Fewer metaphysics, more instructions. What should you actually do before lunch?

• The Warriors — Glory, duty, struggle. Life is a fight worth turning up for.

• The Conquerors — You alone hold the wheel — and the road is yours to build.

• The Six Darshanas & Indian Paths — The classical Indian schools and paths, unranked on the agency spectrum.

Seven dimensions, 0–100

Flexibility

Room to interpret vs. fixed dogma

Science fit

Friction with the modern scientific worldview

Pragmatism

How directly it converts into action

Accessibility

How easily a beginner starts today

Practice load

Time and discipline demanded

Community

A living community you can join in 2026

Wellbeing evidence

Research-backed psychological benefit

Sources

The tier structure and agency placements are adapted from the India in Pixels (Ashris) videos “16 Indian Philosophies Explained Like Strategies in a Game” and “36 World Philosophies Ranked by Agency”. Everything else — practices, frameworks, misconceptions, courses — is editorial. Disagree loudly; that is the point.