Spreading atheism seems like an unusually inefficient way to raise the sanity waterline: people are highly resistant to it and it’s more of a group affiliation than a mental toolkit. Spreading rationality (e.g. the concepts listed in EY’s sanity waterline essay) and letting people deconvert on their own seems like a better path to me. (Deconverting on your own might make for a better rationality exercise, also.)
Raising the sanity waterline?
I think recognizing one’s mistakes of reasoning on religion can be good training for the rest of one’s life. Look at Luke, for instance.
Spreading atheism seems like an unusually inefficient way to raise the sanity waterline: people are highly resistant to it and it’s more of a group affiliation than a mental toolkit. Spreading rationality (e.g. the concepts listed in EY’s sanity waterline essay) and letting people deconvert on their own seems like a better path to me. (Deconverting on your own might make for a better rationality exercise, also.)