TheOtherDave comments on How To Lose 100 Karma In 6 Hours -- What Just Happened - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 11 December 2010 05:33:20AM 5 points [-]

Of course actual religious believers who accept that doctrine don't usually bite the bullet

I know a number of believers in various "homegrown" faiths who conclude essentially this, actually. That is, they assert that being aware of the spiritual organizing principle of existence without acting on it leaves one worse off than being ignorant of it, and they assert that consequently they refuse to share their knowledge of that principle.