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Comment author: AlexM 08 July 2011 04:57:15PM *  0 points [-]

Burkean conservatism translated into modern philosophical jargon. This argument would apply only to religions that are at least centuries old. How many of these remain in unchanged form in modern Western world?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 July 2011 02:52:31PM 0 points [-]

Wouldn't Burkean conservativism recommend being a member of any reasonably stable religion, perhaps preferably the one you were born into?