2) Did you mean to say “developing” or “developed”?
I’d actually like to see more variety of both religious and non-religious people in this movement. Among the large number of people whose faith emphasizes helping the poor, GiveWell-type research could be quite interesting. I agree that religiosity is declining in developing coutnries, but in the US 60% of people identify religion being important to them and are nowhere near proportionately represented in this movement.
It’s certainly true that our current demographics are skewed in various ways, but I don’t see that alone as a good reason to seek to perpetuate the skew.
It’s certainly true that our current demographics are skewed in various ways, but I don’t see that alone as a good reason to seek to perpetuate the skew.
Well, you might think that they’re skewed because it is cheaper/easier to attract atheists than theists, so we should collect the low-hanging fruit focus on atheists.
2) Did you mean to say “developing” or “developed”?
I’d actually like to see more variety of both religious and non-religious people in this movement. Among the large number of people whose faith emphasizes helping the poor, GiveWell-type research could be quite interesting. I agree that religiosity is declining in developing coutnries, but in the US 60% of people identify religion being important to them and are nowhere near proportionately represented in this movement.
It’s certainly true that our current demographics are skewed in various ways, but I don’t see that alone as a good reason to seek to perpetuate the skew.
Well, you might think that they’re skewed because it is cheaper/easier to attract atheists than theists, so we should collect the low-hanging fruit focus on atheists.