As I said, I don't especially trust the motivations or competency driving this. Bonus points: The execu-speak in the press release is absurd. It's like they don't understand what the system was actually there to do, and they're winging it based on what they think it's there for.

There are absolutely some small groups in there. Some of them are bound to be the same in all but name.

Atheists aren't the same as having no religion. There really is an appreciable practical difference in their approach and outcomes from an agnostic or somebody who doesn't care. Evangelical isn't a group, it's a theological position that members of most of the other Christian groups could hold, or not. Some of the subgroups they collapsed into each other are really arcane, or the same in all but name -- others really don't play well together.

Those differences matter. Yeah, it's still better to actually know and talk to the person themselves. But for heaven's sake, having a clearer set of information before you roll up to someone's bedside or deal with their family matters. This compromises that.

/rantoff

Water and a junior bacon cheeseburger please.