PhilGoetz comments on The Contrarian Status Catch-22 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 21 December 2009 06:00:09AM 5 points [-]

What I'm uncomfortable with isn't the idea of a god-free physical universe, it's the air of satisfaction that atheists give off.

There are many who are uncomfortable with the air of satisfaction that the faithful give off. I'm not convinced there's an asymmetry here.

Comment author: benelliott 10 August 2011 07:55:22PM *  0 points [-]

The difference, hopefully, is that while LWers may be uncomfortable with the air of satisfaction the faithful give off, this is not the reason why they are atheists (in practice they may or may not actually live up to this lofty ideal).