TheOtherDave comments on Find yourself a Worthy Opponent: a Chavruta - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 09 October 2011 02:40:51AM 2 points [-]

That isn't necessarily true. I might believe in a god whose doctrines are maximally moral (either in the consequentialist sense that living according to them will maximize overall value, or in some deontological sense I don't entirely understand) but who won't treat me any differently if I worship him. Such a god is relevant to my behavior, in that what I ought to do given his existence is different from what I ought to do given his nonexistence.