The real danger, of course, is being utterly convinced Christianity is true when it is not.
The actions described by Lumifer are horrific precisely because they are balanced against a hypothetical benefit, not a certain one. If there is only an epsilon chance of Christianity being true, but the utility loss of eternal torment is infinite, should you take radical steps anyway?
In a nutshell, Lumifer’s position is just hedging against Pascal’s mugging, and IMHO any moral system that doesn’t do so is not appropriate for use out here in the real world.
The real danger, of course, is being utterly convinced Christianity is true when it is not.
The actions described by Lumifer are horrific precisely because they are balanced against a hypothetical benefit, not a certain one. If there is only an epsilon chance of Christianity being true, but the utility loss of eternal torment is infinite, should you take radical steps anyway?
In a nutshell, Lumifer’s position is just hedging against Pascal’s mugging, and IMHO any moral system that doesn’t do so is not appropriate for use out here in the real world.
You’re hand-waving a lot of problems. Or you added too many negatives to that last sentence.