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21 Post author: Douglas_Knight 05 April 2014 11:10PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 May 2014 11:02:50PM 1 point [-]

Right. I didn't intend them to be. On the spectrum between official doctrine and benignly popular misconceptions, those are squarely on the latter end. (Except maybe the one about masturbation -- I wouldn't be surprised if there was social stigma against that.) Just as it's important to be aware of and correct for bias created by acceptance of official doctrine, it's important (though probably less so?) to be aware of and correct for bias created by acceptance of benignly popular misconceptions.

And yes, it is a spectrum: for a safe and presumably-uncontroversial-in-this-environment example of a point between Lysenkoism and fan death, consider atheists' testimony about what it's like to be an atheist in the Bible Belt.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 16 May 2014 05:10:03PM -2 points [-]

For rationalist purposes, that fine. For reactionary purposes, my be not....

Comment author: [deleted] 19 May 2014 09:43:08PM 0 points [-]

Any two-digit number would be far too high an estimate for the number of reactionaries who don't hate Protestantism.