wedrifid comments on Wanted: Rationalist Pushback (link) - Less Wrong

0 Post author: aronwall 17 December 2012 05:51AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 19 December 2012 03:21:31PM *  -1 points [-]

It's true I was raised Christian, but I went through a period of doubt and reflection around the time I was in the 6th grade. I decided then that there was enough evidence specifically for the Resurrection of Jesus to believe in it. It's not a question of whether there are good explanations for religion in general, it's that this partiular sequence of events seems to me highly implausible from a naturalistic perspective.

Kind of a shame the doubt and reflection couldn't hold off a bit longer, so that the critical thinking skills could get some firm foundations before crystallizing the social pressure in there permanently.

Comment author: aronwall 19 December 2012 11:36:57PM -1 points [-]

Do you really think that the best way to encourage critical thinking when you're older, is to avoid doing it when you're younger?

Comment author: wedrifid 20 December 2012 01:44:46AM -1 points [-]

Do you really think that the best way to encourage critical thinking when you're older, is to avoid doing it when you're younger?

No, which is why I refrained from saying any such thing.