PhilGoetz comments on How theism works - Less Wrong

51 Post author: ciphergoth 10 April 2009 04:16PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 10 April 2009 07:33:13PM *  2 points [-]

The religions I listed, some of which are theistic, do not claim to be immune to evidential reasoning. The post says that is the defining characteristic of religion.

Comment author: MrHen 10 April 2009 08:21:38PM 1 point [-]

Oh! Okay, I think I understand much better. For reference, I think I found the relevant sentence in the original post:

Religion is what you get when you push totally for non-evidential memetic success.

Of note, what one claims to be is not always what one is, but I catch your drift and the point stands.