LauraABJ comments on Anticipation vs. Faith: At What Cost Rationality? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: LauraABJ 13 October 2009 03:13:16PM 4 points [-]

I recommend the Unitarian Universalist church. I went to one as a child, and the focus was on humanism and morality and not god and faith. The sunday school taught a different religion every weekend, making it nearly impossible to believe any of them were true. Most of the people there didn't really believe in god anyway, but were there for the reasons you so name.

Comment author: Alicorn 13 October 2009 03:16:02PM 4 points [-]

And there's the less ubiquitous Ethical Culture Society, which is even less religious than Unitarianism.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 October 2009 03:35:56PM 2 points [-]

I wonder, though, if an x-rationalist would get a feeling of belonging there.

Comment author: Alicorn 13 October 2009 03:41:28PM 2 points [-]

What are the circumstances under which an x-rationalist would get a feeling of belonging? If there are no such circumstances, this is hardly a critique of Ethical Culture in particular.