I still don't understand what takes it from run-of-the-mill dogmatism to something "religious."
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James writes about this. See my review of his book here which summarises this better than I can by tweet. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everybody-Wrong-About-James-Lindsay-ebook/dp/B016TX3RP6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502975362&sr=8-1&keywords=everybody+is+wrong+about+god …
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And presumably the lament would be "exchanging religion for *that* isn't any better," which I can get on board with
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Yes, exactly. Providing you're comparing the same level of problems - annoying moralistic tribal zealotry. I assume you are.
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I wrote a comparison of David Silverman's 'movement atheism' & James' 'Posttheism' approaches here. I'm with James. http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-conflicting-approaches-of-david.html …
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Now. You can find examples of me being much more zealous & tribal over it not so long ago.
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Sounds like it's high time I read his book!
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Absolutely.
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