Religion

TagLast edit: 19 Jun 2022 10:50 UTC by Rick Rejeleene

Religion is a complex group of human activities — involving commitment to higher power, belief in belief, and a range of shared group practices such as worship meetings, rites of passage, etc.

External links

BHTV: Yudkowsky & Adam Frank on “religious experience”

[Question] What spiritual experiences have you had?

Gordon Seidoh Worley27 Dec 2019 3:41 UTC

22 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Should some variant of longtermism identify as a religion?

mako yass11 Sep 2020 5:02 UTC

23 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Religion is Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh Worley9 Feb 2023 6:34 UTC

−9 points

38 comments4 min readLW link

Answer to Job

Scott Alexander15 Mar 2015 18:02 UTC

53 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Religion’s Claim to be Non-Disprovable

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 Aug 2007 3:21 UTC

283 points

330 comments4 min readLW link

God and Moses have a chat

Yitz17 Jun 2020 18:34 UTC

19 points

17 comments6 min readLW link

A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies

Scott Alexander13 May 2009 22:51 UTC

180 points

288 comments7 min readLW link

Beyond the Reach of God

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 Oct 2008 15:42 UTC

179 points

280 comments11 min readLW link

Professing and Cheering

Eliezer Yudkowsky2 Aug 2007 7:20 UTC

98 points

44 comments2 min readLW link

You May Already Be A Sinner

Scott Alexander9 Mar 2009 23:18 UTC

50 points

37 comments3 min readLW link

What Can We Learn About Human Psychology from Christian Apologetics?

ChrisHallquist21 Oct 2013 22:02 UTC

66 points

162 comments8 min readLW link

The Galileo affair: who was on the side of rationality?

Val15 Feb 2015 20:52 UTC

48 points

71 comments7 min readLW link

What is filling the hole left by religion?

Philip Dhingra4 Aug 2020 6:48 UTC

13 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale

Scott Alexander13 Mar 2009 1:41 UTC

177 points

232 comments3 min readLW link

The Four Children of the Seder as the Simulacra Levels

Zvi7 Sep 2020 15:00 UTC

81 points

17 comments16 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Atheism = Untheism + Antitheism

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Jul 2009 2:19 UTC

131 points

179 comments4 min readLW link

Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success

Scott Alexander5 Jun 2019 6:50 UTC

155 points

19 comments25 min readLW link 2 reviews

(slatestarcodex.com)

The effects of religion (draft)

Solvent29 Sep 2011 1:11 UTC

−3 points

24 comments6 min readLW link

BHTV: Yudkowsky & Adam Frank on “religious experience”

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Mar 2009 1:33 UTC

16 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

Crisis of Faith

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 Oct 2008 22:08 UTC

147 points

256 comments9 min readLW link

Mini-review: ‘Proving History: Bayes’ Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus’

lukeprog1 Feb 2012 19:20 UTC

26 points

34 comments1 min readLW link

Is Humanism A Religion-Substitute?

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 Mar 2008 4:18 UTC

51 points

54 comments3 min readLW link

What is up with spirituality?

KatjaGrace27 Jan 2021 6:20 UTC

20 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Lecture Club] Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

Vaniver8 Mar 2021 15:22 UTC

70 points

186 comments2 min readLW link

What I’d change about different philosophy fields

Rob Bensinger8 Mar 2021 18:25 UTC

56 points

52 comments4 min readLW link

[Book Review] Destiny Disrupted

lsusr21 Mar 2021 7:09 UTC

57 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

Book review: The Explanation of Ideology

PeterMcCluskey20 Jul 2021 3:42 UTC

43 points

10 comments9 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

For me the Christianity deal-breaker was meekness

tcelferact26 Aug 2021 14:25 UTC

37 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Truth + Reason = The True Religion?

David Gross17 Sep 2021 22:14 UTC

34 points

2 comments19 min readLW link

Excerpts from Veyne’s “Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?”

Rob Bensinger8 Nov 2021 20:23 UTC

24 points

1 comment16 min readLW link

Seeking models of LW’s aversion to religion

Visible_Ignorance21 Feb 2022 18:54 UTC

24 points

54 comments7 min readLW link

The Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris Debate

lsusr4 Apr 2022 0:55 UTC

21 points

25 comments6 min readLW link

Eigenvalues for Distance from The Buddhist Precepts And The Ten Commandments

benjamin.j.campbell14 Nov 2022 5:50 UTC

−3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesian Judo

Eliezer Yudkowsky31 Jul 2007 5:53 UTC

88 points

109 comments1 min readLW link

Guardians of Ayn Rand

Eliezer Yudkowsky18 Dec 2007 6:24 UTC

108 points

129 comments5 min readLW link

Avoiding Your Belief’s Real Weak Points

Eliezer Yudkowsky5 Oct 2007 1:59 UTC

129 points

218 comments4 min readLW link

Epistemic Viciousness

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Mar 2009 23:33 UTC

100 points

93 comments3 min readLW link

Open-Source Monasticism

Nathan Rosquist25 Feb 2018 13:52 UTC

25 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Lifeism in the midst of death

TobyBartels9 Dec 2012 13:28 UTC

97 points

19 comments4 min readLW link

You’re Entitled to Arguments, But Not (That Particular) Proof

Eliezer Yudkowsky15 Feb 2010 7:58 UTC

74 points

229 comments8 min readLW link

Why do Contemplative Practitioners Make so Many Metaphysical Claims?

romeostevensit31 Dec 2018 19:44 UTC

59 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

I Defy the Data!

Eliezer Yudkowsky11 Aug 2007 21:33 UTC

87 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

How theism works

Paul Crowley10 Apr 2009 16:16 UTC

59 points

39 comments1 min readLW link

Mere Messiahs

Eliezer Yudkowsky2 Dec 2007 0:49 UTC

67 points

85 comments3 min readLW link

Ms. Blue, meet Mr. Green

alexei1 Mar 2018 13:43 UTC

35 points

27 comments12 min readLW link

Let Them Debate College Students

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Sep 2009 18:15 UTC

85 points

143 comments2 min readLW link

Theism, Wednesday, and Not Being Adopted

Alicorn27 Apr 2009 16:49 UTC

59 points

342 comments3 min readLW link

The Sacred Mundane

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Mar 2009 9:53 UTC

58 points

117 comments4 min readLW link

Speculative Evopsych, Ep. 1

Optimization Process22 Nov 2018 19:00 UTC

41 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(Ir)rationality of Pascal’s wager

filozof3377@gmial.com3 Aug 2020 20:57 UTC

3 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

The uniquely awful example of theism

gjm10 Apr 2009 0:30 UTC

45 points

176 comments2 min readLW link

How Pascal’s Wager Saved My Soul

SRStarin18 Dec 2010 20:47 UTC

12 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

Pascal’s Pyramid Scheme

patrissimo31 Jan 2010 18:56 UTC

12 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Offense versus harm minimization

Scott Alexander16 Apr 2011 1:06 UTC

83 points

429 comments9 min readLW link

The Proper Use of Doubt

Eliezer Yudkowsky6 Aug 2007 20:29 UTC

79 points

33 comments3 min readLW link

My story / owning one’s reasons

jwhendy7 Jan 2011 0:17 UTC

69 points

26 comments4 min readLW link

Fake Justification

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Nov 2007 3:57 UTC

94 points

58 comments3 min readLW link

If you can see the box, you can open the box

ThePrussian26 Feb 2015 10:36 UTC

83 points

108 comments5 min readLW link

Church vs. Taskforce

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 Mar 2009 9:23 UTC

70 points

88 comments5 min readLW link

Crowley on Religious Experience

Scott Alexander26 Mar 2009 22:59 UTC

41 points

89 comments3 min readLW link

The Power to Understand “God”

Liron12 Sep 2019 18:38 UTC

18 points

45 comments5 min readLW link

Are You a Solar Deity?

Scott Alexander15 Mar 2009 19:30 UTC

50 points

24 comments4 min readLW link

The Shabbos goy

PhilGoetz26 Mar 2010 16:16 UTC

47 points

92 comments2 min readLW link

Third Alternatives for Afterlife-ism

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 May 2007 7:41 UTC

35 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

The Amazing Virgin Pregnancy

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Dec 2007 14:00 UTC

29 points

272 comments2 min readLW link

Recent de-convert saturated by religious community; advice?

jwhendy4 Apr 2011 3:25 UTC

38 points

158 comments7 min readLW link

Why I’m Staying On Bloggingheads.tv

Eliezer Yudkowsky7 Sep 2009 20:15 UTC

31 points

101 comments2 min readLW link

Questions on Theism

Aiyen8 Oct 2014 21:02 UTC

34 points

192 comments3 min readLW link

The Temptation to Bubble

gressettd23 Sep 2015 23:34 UTC

35 points

29 comments5 min readLW link

The Wannabe Rational

MrHen15 Jan 2010 20:09 UTC

39 points

305 comments8 min readLW link

[Link] Nerds are nuts

[deleted]7 Jun 2012 7:48 UTC

35 points

44 comments8 min readLW link

The Sin of Persuasion

Desrtopa27 Nov 2010 21:44 UTC

37 points

63 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] Belief in religion considered harmful?

[deleted]17 Dec 2011 22:38 UTC

33 points

54 comments7 min readLW link

My atheism story

Pausecafe4 Feb 2019 14:33 UTC

25 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

HP:MOR and the Radio Fallacy

RichardChappell21 Jul 2012 19:55 UTC

27 points

57 comments1 min readLW link

Exclude the supernatural? My worldview is up for grabs.

r_claypool25 Jun 2011 3:46 UTC

35 points

93 comments1 min readLW link

Outside the Laboratory

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Jan 2007 3:46 UTC

131 points

351 comments7 min readLW link

Belief in Belief

Eliezer Yudkowsky29 Jul 2007 17:49 UTC

167 points

176 comments5 min readLW link

An Alien God

Eliezer Yudkowsky2 Nov 2007 6:57 UTC

172 points

165 comments8 min readLW link

Leave a Line of Retreat

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Feb 2008 23:57 UTC

166 points

75 comments4 min readLW link

No, Really, I’ve Deceived Myself

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 Mar 2009 23:29 UTC

114 points

89 comments2 min readLW link

Rationality Outreach: A Parable

[deleted]17 Mar 2011 13:10 UTC

34 points

124 comments5 min readLW link

An Open Letter On Love

nroman22 Oct 2020 20:21 UTC

11 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

Ask OB: Leaving the Fold

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Nov 2008 18:08 UTC

15 points

64 comments1 min readLW link

Putanumonit: If rationality is a religion, it’s a crappy one.

Jacob Falkovich15 Apr 2017 16:44 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Let’s Read: an essay on AI Theology

Yuxi_Liu4 Jul 2019 7:50 UTC

22 points

9 comments7 min readLW link

Religion as Goodhart

shminux8 Jul 2019 0:38 UTC

21 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Maybe Theism Is OK

byrnema10 Apr 2009 21:09 UTC

−2 points

37 comments1 min readLW link

The Good Bayesian

Sideways25 Mar 2009 21:39 UTC

1 point

16 comments2 min readLW link

Atheist or Agnostic?

byrnema18 Apr 2009 21:25 UTC

7 points

33 comments1 min readLW link

Maybe Theism Is OK—Part 2

byrnema11 Apr 2009 6:32 UTC

−6 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

Maybe theism is wrong

infotropism11 Apr 2009 16:53 UTC

−6 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

Anti-rationality quotes

PhilGoetz17 Apr 2009 17:55 UTC

14 points

53 comments5 min readLW link

Wednesday depends on us.

byrnema29 Apr 2009 3:47 UTC

2 points

43 comments3 min readLW link

The Laws of Magic

Annoyance15 Jun 2009 19:13 UTC

20 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Great post on Reddit about accepting atheism

cousin_it30 Aug 2009 20:56 UTC

18 points

44 comments1 min readLW link

“The Book Of Mormon” or Belief In Belief, The Musical

Raw_Power14 Feb 2012 14:48 UTC

14 points

34 comments4 min readLW link

Positive Thinking

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 7 Mar 2011 1:03 UTC

28 points

283 comments5 min readLW link

Change My View: Incumbent religions still get too much leeway

mike_hawke7 Jan 2021 19:44 UTC

34 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Good, Evil and (?)Indifferent God Challanges

Szymon Kucharski2 Mar 2021 13:57 UTC

1 point

3 comments3 min readLW link

Magic Shoes

onur24 Mar 2021 21:14 UTC

11 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

The Holy Algorithm

Malmesbury3 Apr 2021 18:09 UTC

7 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.telescopic-turnip.net)

Simulation theology: practical aspect.

Just Learning5 May 2021 2:20 UTC

11 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How can there be a godless moral world ?

amaury lorin21 Jun 2021 12:34 UTC

7 points

81 comments1 min readLW link

A Somewhat Rationalist Baptism

ZorbaTHut25 Jun 2021 0:39 UTC

12 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Meditations on faith

Richard_Ngo15 Jan 2021 22:20 UTC

30 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Zen and the Art of Rationality

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Dec 2007 4:36 UTC

51 points

33 comments5 min readLW link

Notes on Piety

David Gross4 Nov 2020 1:35 UTC

7 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Scout Mindset and Latter-Day Saint Apostasy

Erich_Grunewald23 Oct 2021 14:18 UTC

22 points

1 comment18 min readLW link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

God Is Great

Mahdi Complex30 Oct 2021 13:03 UTC

−13 points

7 comments11 min readLW link

Why Miracles Should Not Be Used as a Reason to Believe in a Religion

Yitz23 Mar 2022 20:53 UTC

−1 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

A Primer on God, Liberalism and the End of History

Mahdi Complex26 Mar 2022 20:07 UTC

33 points

2 comments14 min readLW link

Can Humanism Match Religion’s Output?

Eliezer Yudkowsky27 Mar 2009 11:32 UTC

72 points

116 comments5 min readLW link

Wonder and The Golden AI Rule

JeffreyK3 Jul 2022 18:21 UTC

0 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

And the word was “God”

pchvykov30 Aug 2022 21:13 UTC

−22 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Triangle Opportunity

Alex Beyman26 Sep 2022 20:42 UTC

49 points

10 comments54 min readLW link

The Futility of Religion

nmc24 Oct 2022 19:42 UTC

−1 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Syncretism

Annapurna28 Oct 2022 16:08 UTC

16 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(jorgevelez.substack.com)

“You could make a religion out of this!”

TheAspiringHumanist14 Nov 2022 23:12 UTC

1 point

7 comments3 min readLW link

(www.lesswrong.com)

What kind of place is this?

Jim Pivarski25 Feb 2023 2:14 UTC

23 points

24 comments8 min readLW link

Raising the Sanity Waterline

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Mar 2009 4:28 UTC

222 points

232 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is religion locally correct for consequentialists in some instances?

Robert Feinstein8 Mar 2023 4:02 UTC

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Why There Is No Answer to Your Philosophical Question

Bryan Frances24 Mar 2023 23:22 UTC

−12 points

10 comments12 min readLW link

The Rationalist Guide to Hinduism

Harsha G.29 Mar 2023 17:03 UTC

4 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

(somestrangeloops.substack.com)

No comments.

Religion

See also

External links