@robinhanson To echo Stephen Law, people don’t believe in an all powerful, all knowing Evil God because of the “problem of good”…; just switch all your right/good statements with wrong/bad, etc, and the logic and evidence are the same
@ESA_Webb I'm confused as to how this picture could be 150 light-years across when the Orion Nebula, only slightly closer but substantially larger in the sky, is only 25 light-years across?
@stephenlaw60 Yes, and surely a big reason for its success in spreading. If there weren't these "carrot and stick" consequences, presumably no one would care or argue about whether the stories of Jesus returning to life after death are true or not. A "great" addition to the Christian memeplex.
@robinhanson Isn’t it more reasonable to restrict feelings of pride and shame to your own actions, i.e. the only things you have direct influence over?