One caveat: it’s great to want to be rationalist about all things, but let him without sin cast the first stone. So much of the community’s energies have gone into analyzing akrasia—understanding that behavior X is rational and proper yet not doing it—that it appears hypocritical and counter-productive to reject members because they haven’t yet reached all the right conclusions. After all, MrHen did mark religion for later contemplation.
Agreed.
One caveat: it’s great to want to be rationalist about all things, but let him without sin cast the first stone. So much of the community’s energies have gone into analyzing akrasia—understanding that behavior X is rational and proper yet not doing it—that it appears hypocritical and counter-productive to reject members because they haven’t yet reached all the right conclusions. After all, MrHen did mark religion for later contemplation.