Comment on Religious/Worldview Techniques

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:21:27 GMT

Oh, I don't mind questions, but I may not have very fullsome answers.

Do you hold beliefs about the "divine" in addition to participating in religion?

I find some religious ideas more attractive than others. I've found that as I get older I tend to have fewer and vaguer beliefs. To take another example, I'm interested in US politics and have been for a long time but I no longer have any strong opinion on which of the two parties is better. This sometimes bothers me - I'd rather not wake up one day finding that I no longer care about anything.

Would a strong argument against the "divine" change your behavior?

If you convinced me that I would get more utility with different behavior then I assume my behavior would change. I've read a whole lot of atheist literature, though, if that's what you mean.

What attracts you to religion?

I don't know exactly but my views are roughly similar to those described by this person.

What form?

I find most religions at least moderately attractive. I dislike Christianity less as I get older, though I still have an aversion to the Lutheranism which I was raised with and converted out of in my teen years.

I mostly worship privately and perhaps somewhat idiosyncratically but I sometimes attend the public rituals of a local pagan group.

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