RichardKennaway comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (5th thread, March 2013) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 15 May 2013 03:59:51PM 0 points [-]

I didn't mean that your initial beliefs should come out stronger. I meant that having updated for good arguments, and by incorporating them, your beliefs will be more complete, better thought-out, and more sustainable for the future.

That is what many people here have done regarding theism. Seen the best arguments, and decided that they fail utterly. Eliezer quoted above talks about Modern Orthodox Judaism allowing doubt as a ritual, but not doubt as a practice leading to a result. You would have us listen to arguments as ritual, but not actually come to a conclusion that some of them are wrong.