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

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Comment author: bogus 13 October 2009 06:27:40PM 1 point [-]

Yes. Confucianism is the prototypical example of a "religion" which has no cosmological beliefs per se, but still provides for community cohesion (i.e. protection from perceived threats), an ethical code (the analects of Confucius are often quoted as proverbs/dogmas), a focus on authority figures and so forth.