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Comment author: ChristianKl 09 November 2013 09:13:27PM *  0 points [-]

The "control" argument predicts more specific things than the "rebellion" argument, and so is a more useful hypothesis.

Actually a rebellion argument also predicts something. It would predict that atheists also rebel against other social norms.

Comment author: Manfred 09 November 2013 09:25:06PM 1 point [-]

Because the competing hypothesis ("atheists are willing to state a true thing even when most of society disagrees") also predicts some degree of general rebelliousness, I think the prediction is more about pointless and self-destructive behaviors.

And if atheists are just allowed to be tricked by the devil, then I don't know how that pans out into other behaviors.

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