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army1987 comments on Is Politics the Mindkiller? An Inconclusive Test - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 29 July 2012 01:58:22PM *  0 points [-]

It's like religion. If you accept that God and Hell are real, then becoming a fundamentalist Christian and trying as hard as you can to convert as many people as possible is the only ethical option.

“God and Hell are real” doesn't imply that whoever is not a Christian will go to hell. Even some Christians (e.g. present-day mainstream Catholics) acknowledge that.

Comment author: BlazeOrangeDeer 01 August 2012 11:08:58AM 0 points [-]

I wonder what your last sentence implies, as I have found "present-day mainstream Catholics" to be more reasonable than many other denominations. Though it depends who you place in that group.

Comment author: DanArmak 01 August 2012 08:24:54PM 1 point [-]

Presumably the Pope is not a mainstream Catholic.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 August 2012 12:09:49PM 0 points [-]

"Even" as in "not only detractors of Christianity, but also some Christians themselves". Edited to make that clearer.

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