Eliezer pointed this out somewhere, but I can’t seem to find a reference.
Google “religiosity correlate charitable giving.” You’ll find some. Why are you referring to Eliezer instead of actual studies?
Consequentialism is pretty much common sense.
Er, no, not really. It’s not widely accepted among the general public (“the ends justify the means” has negative connotations, for good reason) and it’s a point of serious contention among LWers.
but not everything I’d beneficial
but not everything is beneficial
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Most Christians would be upset by how frankly LessWrong calls them idiots.
Is it common to call Christians idiots here? I know it’s somewhat common to call individual elements of religion idiotic, but that’s very different.
This frequently results in stupid beliefs, like a support of the death penalty,
Overall thoughts: lumping all religions together seems silly. The mainline Christian churches are closer to atheists than they are to medieval Christians. There are atheist religions out there as well as religions that are atheist-friendly. Eastern ‘religions’ like Daoism are very dissimilar from Western religions like Christianity or Islam, to the point that I don’t think an analysis of common Christian experience will be very useful in analyzing them.
The conclusion also seems to not match up with the article. If the basic idea you want to communicate is “the best deconversion is not offensive logic but polite and happy atheists,” then write a post about that, instead of making some generalizations about Christianity.
truth that religion is a bad thing.
Google “religiosity correlate charitable giving.” You’ll find some. Why are you referring to Eliezer instead of actual studies?
Er, no, not really. It’s not widely accepted among the general public (“the ends justify the means” has negative connotations, for good reason) and it’s a point of serious contention among LWers.
but not everything is beneficial .
Is it common to call Christians idiots here? I know it’s somewhat common to call individual elements of religion idiotic, but that’s very different.
The death penalty is not one-sided.
Overall thoughts: lumping all religions together seems silly. The mainline Christian churches are closer to atheists than they are to medieval Christians. There are atheist religions out there as well as religions that are atheist-friendly. Eastern ‘religions’ like Daoism are very dissimilar from Western religions like Christianity or Islam, to the point that I don’t think an analysis of common Christian experience will be very useful in analyzing them.
The conclusion also seems to not match up with the article. If the basic idea you want to communicate is “the best deconversion is not offensive logic but polite and happy atheists,” then write a post about that, instead of making some generalizations about Christianity.
One good study on religion and charitable giving is Arthur C. Brooks, Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism.
I was under the impression that was a book that quotes lots of studies, rather than actually a study.
You’re correct.