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Judging by previous posts, and confirmed by the comments here, most LessWrongers have a VERY negative view of religion. And I'm not saying that my religious friends are necessarily more or less sane, only that they're often happier and pleasanter to spend time with. (Depends on how you define 'sanity' though.)
Sure, but they have negative views on lots of things. Your religious friends are clearly insane by lesswrong standards, but aren't your nonreligious friends also insane?
Maybe.
Most of the people here who talk about religion have a VERY negative view. The people who don't feel obliged to talk about it typically view religion only a little more negatively than a taste for country music and a little less negatively than a taste for WWE wrestling.
WWE wrestling, poorly choreographed though it is, shows far better taste than religion. I rank country music generally in third, though there are shining exceptions (much of Hank Williams, for example).
More seriously: I have a very low opinion of religion (a little more negatively than 9/11 conspiracy propagation, a little less negatively than multi-level marketing schemes) but I rarely talk about religion on Less Wrong, because I've just gotten very tired of having arguments on the Internet about religion.
Which was not obvious to me. I tend to comment on posts I like and ignore ones I dislike. Maybe others do the opposite...?
I comment on posts that interest me. Frequently those are posts I either like or dislike. Usually, those are not posts on topics that I have already seen debated to death. I have already seen religion debated to death.
I tend to comment when I have something to say and not when I don't.
I don't generally have much to say about religion at a "pro or con" level, which is mostly the level at which this community engages with the subject.
"I tend to comment when I have something to say and not when I don't."
That sounds like a good system.