There's a sort of Dark Tetrad of topics: social identity, intelligence, religion, and genetics-and-culture. People who only ever talk about those 4 things... I tend to run from them. For mental health, those topics should not consume >20% of your intellectual bandwidth.
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Thinking about counter examples. Devout friends for whom religion is a big part of their life where they play a significant role in their community (paid or unpaid religious leader). Can be wonderful people.
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So long as the stay 100 yards away from Wonderful People of a different persuasion
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Depends what you mean by persuasion. Sister Deirdre who was an aids counselor at the London lighthouse in the 80s, or father Eddie Butler who talked lovingly of her female partner at my mother’s funeral, I know lots of wonderful tolerant religious folk
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