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This article is designed to be a soft primer for the community view of religion, atheism, theism, spirituality, and sacredness. | This article is designed to be a soft primer for the community view of religion, atheism, theism, spirituality, and sacredness. | ||
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| + | '''Religion''' is a complex group of human activities — involving tribal affiliation, [[belief in belief]], supernatural claims, and a range of shared group practices such as worship meetings, rites of passage, etc. | ||
==Blog posts== | ==Blog posts== | ||
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*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/r/no_really_ive_deceived_myself/ No, Really, I've Deceived Myself] | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/r/no_really_ive_deceived_myself/ No, Really, I've Deceived Myself] | ||
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/2d/talking_snakes_a_cautionary_tale/ Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale] by [[Yvain]] | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/2d/talking_snakes_a_cautionary_tale/ Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale] by [[Yvain]] | ||
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*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/57/the_sacred_mundane/ The Sacred Mundane] | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/57/the_sacred_mundane/ The Sacred Mundane] | ||
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/5r/crowley_on_religious_experience/ Crowley on Religious Experience] by [[Yvain]] | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/5r/crowley_on_religious_experience/ Crowley on Religious Experience] by [[Yvain]] | ||
| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/9n/the_uniquely_awful_example_of_theism/ The uniquely awful example of theism] by | + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/9n/the_uniquely_awful_example_of_theism/ The uniquely awful example of theism] by gjm |
| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/a3/how_theism_works/ How theism works] by [[ | + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/a3/how_theism_works/ How theism works] by [[ciphergoth]] |
| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ | + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/11m/atheism_untheism_antitheism Atheism = Untheism + Antitheism] |
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth The Simple Truth] | *[http://yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth The Simple Truth] | ||
| + | *[http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/18501 BHTV: Yudkowsky & Adam Frank on "religious experience"] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Groupthink]], [[Affective death spiral]] | *[[Groupthink]], [[Affective death spiral]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Belief in belief]], [[improper belief]] |
| + | *[[Epistemic hygiene]] | ||
*[[Truth]] | *[[Truth]] | ||
| − | *[[Magic]] | + | *[[Rationalization]], [[self-deception]] |
| + | *[[Magic]], [[fake simplicity]] | ||
| + | *[[Absurdity heuristic]] | ||
| + | *[[Third alternative]] | ||
| + | *[[Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions]] | ||
[[Category:Concepts]] | [[Category:Concepts]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Problems]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Positions]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:02, 15 March 2012
This article is designed to be a soft primer for the community view of religion, atheism, theism, spirituality, and sacredness.
Religion is a complex group of human activities — involving tribal affiliation, belief in belief, supernatural claims, and a range of shared group practices such as worship meetings, rites of passage, etc.
Blog posts
- Outside the Laboratory
- Third Alternatives for Afterlife-ism
- Belief in Belief
- Religion's Claim to be Non-Disprovable
- An Alien God
- The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition
- Leave a Line of Retreat
- Is Humanism A Religion-Substitute?
- No, Really, I've Deceived Myself
- Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale by Yvain
- The Sacred Mundane
- Crowley on Religious Experience by Yvain
- The uniquely awful example of theism by gjm
- How theism works by ciphergoth
- Atheism = Untheism + Antitheism
