atomliner comments on Religion's Claim to be Non-Disprovable - Less Wrong

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Comment author: atomliner 15 April 2013 06:21:10AM 4 points [-]

Outlawing religion outright in a religious society would cause some serious problems and would probably require a very authoritarian government.

Comment author: MenosErrado 15 April 2013 06:27:16AM * 4 points [-]

Outlawing religion outright in a religious society would cause some serious problems and would probably require a very authoritarian government.

I'd say that's just the kind of thing that would define a government as "very authoritarian".

Comment author: RichardKennaway 15 April 2013 07:34:07AM -1 points [-]

"Probably"? Are you (and pnrjulius, and JD19) entirely ignorant of the history of the 20th century?

Comment author: atomliner 15 April 2013 03:01:10PM 0 points [-]

I say probably because it might not require an authoritarian government to enact such a policy. I can imagine realistic scenarios.