I wasn’t trying to get pats on the head, I was appealing to the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth. Were we all on the same page, here? This was the creator. He was infinitely virtuous, and he had told us what to do.
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I quickly realized as a kid that grown-ups get quite worried if you start taking the religion too seriously.
The more stories I hear of other LessWrongers’ life stories (and taking my own into consideration) the more I realise how one of our defining traits is our inability and/or unwillingness to compartmentalize on important ideas.
I’m somewhat curious what the reaction was. Did they notice the contradiction between wanting the kid to go to church and not wanting him to actually act on what he learned there?
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I quickly realized as a kid that grown-ups get quite worried if you start taking the religion too seriously.
The more stories I hear of other LessWrongers’ life stories (and taking my own into consideration) the more I realise how one of our defining traits is our inability and/or unwillingness to compartmentalize on important ideas.
Relevant classic LW post
That’s one of the traits that makes me feel at home here.
I’m somewhat curious what the reaction was. Did they notice the contradiction between wanting the kid to go to church and not wanting him to actually act on what he learned there?
I suspect the issue is what the kid learned there. They were supposed to be focusing on the pro-social habits and socializing.