currymesurprised comments on Open Thread Feb 16 - Feb 23, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: currymesurprised 17 February 2016 11:58:48PM 1 point [-]

One straightforward theory is that a person who identifies as Christian isn't an atheist, so you're comparing "apples and oranges".

Comment author: bogus 18 February 2016 03:02:21AM 1 point [-]

True, but there are plenty of bona-fide atheists in Eastern Europe (e.g. Czech Republic) and they still don't seem to be very loud or make a big deal of their atheism. So Val's point is still true when we compare these cases.