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TheOtherDave comments on Recent de-convert saturated by religious community; advice? - Less Wrong Discussion

30 Post author: jwhendy 04 April 2011 03:25AM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 April 2011 03:16:17PM 4 points [-]

Sure:if the only choices are to stay in the closet or come out of the closet and lose all social relationships, and if staying closeted leads to being happier and more fulfilled than losing all social relationships, then the rational choice is to stay closeted.

Those are really big "if"s, though. I'd say in that situation it's worth devoting some resources to looking for third options.