taryneast comments on Procedural Knowledge Gaps - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taryneast 08 March 2011 10:06:59PM 0 points [-]

Actually just the simple act of trying to book dates on a Sunday morning could give you a quick decision of Christian-or-not.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 09 March 2011 12:58:45AM 4 points [-]

Or awake-in-the-morning or not.

Comment author: taryneast 09 March 2011 03:26:51PM *  1 point [-]

True :)

But then you don't actually have to really make real plans for Sunday mornings... just ask if they're available then and see what they say when turning you down. "Sorry, I'd prefer the afternoon" is different to "Well, if you'd like you can come along to my church group" :)

Comment author: JoshuaZ 08 March 2011 10:13:51PM 1 point [-]

Not necessarily. There are a fair number of Christians who strongly self-identify as Christian but don't go to church that regularly (in the US at least there are some very weird patterns. People claim in surveys to be going to church much more frequently than church attendance rates suggest.) This also won't rule out other common religious groups, such as semi-religious Jews.

Comment author: taryneast 08 March 2011 11:15:41PM 0 points [-]

Oh certainly - it's not universal, but more of a first-level filter.