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WalterL comments on Stupid Questions January 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: Gondolinian 01 January 2015 02:30AM

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Comment author: WalterL 05 January 2015 09:14:54PM 0 points [-]

First paragraph: Seems like wishful thinking to me. Christians still run the world.

Second paragraph: It seems like you are asking if the Messiah is about to return. I guess I'd say No?

With tongue less in cheek, its incredibly hard to imagine a religion today pulling off the same kind of growth that Islam/Christianity did during their explosive first couple of centuries. Culture is all wrong for that sort of thing.

Comment author: alienist 10 January 2015 07:55:45AM 7 points [-]

its incredibly hard to imagine a religion today pulling off the same kind of growth that Islam/Christianity did during their explosive first couple of centuries.

Um, Mormonism. Also Islam doesn't appear to be doing too badly these days.