PhilGoetz comments on Maybe Theism Is OK - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 10 April 2009 09:29:18PM *  5 points [-]

As a least convenient world exercise, what is the most rational belief in God that you can think of?

Most reasonable theisms:

  • The "we are in a simulation" argument.
  • The "we are God's entertainment" religion.

Most reasonable religious views:

  • Believing in absolute morality, without adequate justification; possibly as a pragmatic matter.
  • At the other extreme, being purely hedonic (we could call this Dionysianism, but the spelling is horrific).
  • Believing a priori that rationalism is necessarily always the winning strategy.
Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 10 April 2009 09:50:09PM *  2 points [-]

Most reasonable theisms:

Add to the list:

  • Deism (God made the universe and abandoned it)
  • Lovecraft Was Right
Comment author: badger 11 April 2009 01:11:17AM *  0 points [-]

I'd personally like to clarify as:

  • Deism (prior to Darwin)

I'd also add:

  • A god that is not a god (a non-omniscient, non-omnipotent being that otherwise seems god-like)
  • The gods of the residents of Greyhawk, if you want the absolute least convenient world
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