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I suppose an analogy is that the most puritanically religious are often those who feel most inclined to sin. Your average sinner doesn't feel the need to go ful
by Veen 6y ago
I suppose an analogy is that the most puritanically religious are often those who feel most inclined to sin. Your average sinner doesn't feel the need to go full-on zealot to keep to the straight and narrow.
- emiliobumachar 6y agoScott Alexander: "A Christian proverb says: “The Church is not a country club for saints, but a hospital for sinners”. Likewise, the rationalist community is not an ivory tower for people with no biases or strong emotional reactions, it’s a dojo for people learning to resist them." https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/01/12/a-response-to-apophemi-on-triggers/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/01/12/a-response-to-apophemi...