I expect this to be harder but still doable—Christianity is more of a central case of a “religion” than Judaism or Buddhism, so I expect the translation work to be more difficult. The essay someone else linked to on the idea of a Buddhism 2.0 oriented towards praxis instead of doctrine seems like it would be harder to do with Christianity, especially Protestant faith-oriented variants.
I do know a person for whom the trinity wasn’t just doctrine but for whom it was a mental model that had practical use in a discussion that wasn’t about Christianity.
It’s my impression that many Christian priests are as bad at theology as those people that romeostevensit calls mindlessness trainers in Buddhism. But it’s still very foreign mental territory for me.
I don’t think Buddhisms hipness is the main point. Posts about the Jewish concept of the Sabbath have been well-received on LessWrong.
I don’t know very much about Christianity but I see no reason why someone shouldn’t be able to write an insightful post on core Christian concepts.
I expect this to be harder but still doable—Christianity is more of a central case of a “religion” than Judaism or Buddhism, so I expect the translation work to be more difficult. The essay someone else linked to on the idea of a Buddhism 2.0 oriented towards praxis instead of doctrine seems like it would be harder to do with Christianity, especially Protestant faith-oriented variants.
I do know a person for whom the trinity wasn’t just doctrine but for whom it was a mental model that had practical use in a discussion that wasn’t about Christianity.
It’s my impression that many Christian priests are as bad at theology as those people that romeostevensit calls mindlessness trainers in Buddhism. But it’s still very foreign mental territory for me.
Neat! Could you elaborate on what the person in question “used” the idea of the Trinity for?
Not really. It was a complex conversation which a lot of concepts that would be foreign to most people here. Also, it was five years ago ;)