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calcsam comments on Am I obligated to reread the Book of Mormon? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: calcsam 29 July 2011 07:29:25AM 6 points [-]

Unrelated to the current question but for the sociological record, I would like to point out that there are three Mormons on this blog (me, JohnF, and Arandur), none of us no each other in real life, and I detect no active, believing members of any other religion on LessWrong. (Swimmer963 doesn't believe so she doesn't count.)

If you want to compromise, read Alma 32 verses 21-46, 2 Nephi 2, Alma 7, Alma 42, and Moroni 10. They are probably the most interesting chapters from an intellectual perspective, and total about 8 pages of a 520-page book.

Comment author: Desrtopa 29 July 2011 01:34:00PM 4 points [-]

MrHen is a believing Christian. There have been many others, but I'm not sure how many currently remain.

Comment author: calcsam 30 July 2011 03:00:30AM 1 point [-]

I thought he was on blog-reading hiatus?

Comment author: Desrtopa 30 July 2011 04:51:00AM 2 points [-]

He stopped participating in the site for a while, but he returned, and his most recent post dates back to four days ago.

Comment author: [deleted] 29 July 2011 07:51:06AM 0 points [-]

I'm a practicing pastafarian, calcsam.

Comment author: Tripitaka 29 July 2011 04:03:35PM 2 points [-]

Well, to be nitpicking, calcsam wrote "active and believing"- which is regarding to pastafarianism a valid differentiation, I think.

Comment author: [deleted] 29 July 2011 04:22:15PM -1 points [-]

I don't follow.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 30 July 2011 12:16:38AM 2 points [-]

You say you're a Pastafarian, but knowing that I would still be very surprised to learn that you anticipate as if you believe in a flying spaghetti monster that created the universe.

Comment author: Arandur 01 August 2011 01:25:42AM 1 point [-]

Though from a religious perspective, I'd imagine that you'd want to recommend 3 Nephi, too...

Nice to see another Mormon on here! Thought I was alone. :P