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What does it mean to disagree with an interest? That sounds like it means that most LWers either disapprove of your involvement with religion, do not share your interest, or expect that you could increase your utility by decreasing your involvement with religion. I'm not sure which of these, if any, you meant, but as to the first, I don't think most of us do disapprove of it. As to the second, that's not disagreement. And as to the third, I'm not sure what most LWers think, but I think that you are in a much better position to judge that than I am.
Disapproval of religious interest isn't really a disapproval of an interest. I doubt there is much disapproval of scientific investigation of the evo-psych reasons for religious belief.
Interest in religion is just a fancy way of saying flirtation with the beliefs/worldview offered by religious faiths. Thus the derision is no different than the average person's derision of people who take seriously the idea that the world might be flat or that dogs can talk. The difference is simply that religion is thrust into your face and life substantially more frequently than most people encounter nutjobs insisting the world might be flat (in a topological sense no telportation in weird coordinates).
Well and a generous sprinkle of the superiority complex all persecuted/socially rejected groups develop to salvage their pride. I mean psychologically it's very difficult to resist the easy option of going along with the flow without some form of personal satisfaction (I'm smarter than them) derived from maintaining that difference.
No it isn't. I'm interested in religion. It's a fascinatingly complex aspect of human culture. Even if it's obviously wrong, I have a hard time relating to a mental state of finding it uninteresting. How should a person express this if not by saying that they're interested in religion?