I’m a lifelong atheist trying to see my way clear to [one of the more serious branches of] Christianity. Eliezer’s posts, especially, have helped me draw my map of the strengths and limitations of rationalism. I’m not here to troll, I’m here to learn.
A phrase like trying to see my way clear to should be a giant red flag. If you’re trying to accept something then you must have some sort of motivation. If you have the motivation to accept something because you actually believe it is true, then you’ve already accepted it. If you have that motivation for some other reason, then you’re deceiving yourself.
This comment is even more interesting than kurige… when you said:
“trying to see my way clear to [one of the more serious branches of] Christianity.”
you mean that you want to make yourself into a christian, i.e. you want to have a particular belief? That is fascinating. I’d love to hear more about this or chat to you. I’m easy to email...
I’m a lifelong atheist trying to see my way clear to [one of the more serious branches of] Christianity. Eliezer’s posts, especially, have helped me draw my map of the strengths and limitations of rationalism. I’m not here to troll, I’m here to learn.
A phrase like trying to see my way clear to should be a giant red flag. If you’re trying to accept something then you must have some sort of motivation. If you have the motivation to accept something because you actually believe it is true, then you’ve already accepted it. If you have that motivation for some other reason, then you’re deceiving yourself.
I want it because it’s beautiful, but I won’t take it unless it’s true.
Truth has a beauty all its own.
Not that false things can’t have beauty, but we usually call those things art.
This comment is even more interesting than kurige… when you said:
“trying to see my way clear to [one of the more serious branches of] Christianity.”
you mean that you want to make yourself into a christian, i.e. you want to have a particular belief? That is fascinating. I’d love to hear more about this or chat to you. I’m easy to email...