Hume advised a clergyman having doubts to just keep the job: “It is putting too great a Respect on the Vulgar, and on their Superstitions, to pique oneself in Sincerity with regard to them.”
Straussuan/Platonic noble lie, simple elitism, or scholar-parasite pragmatism?
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There's a forum for atheist priests. I think a lot just want to get paid for being nice to local people. clergyproject.org
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Compassion for those who once sincerely believed and came to have doubts in middle age. Social backlash and re-tooling for a new career is too onerous.
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