J_Taylor comments on What is moral foundation theory good for? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: J_Taylor 31 August 2012 12:28:38AM 0 points [-]

Really? I doubt I'm the only one who thinks that religious faith is a cheap target for critiques of irrationality. It is the example that people fall back on when they don't have a better one, because it is so obvious.

Astrology, alternative medicine, alien abductions, etc. are the usual targets attacked by entry-level skeptics. However, I do agree that in mainstream Western culture, religion is easy to attack.