Sonia—thanks for your helpful perspective as a Christian, and the link to the Pew poll (which is fascinating, and I recommend others have a look at it.)
It’s helpful to be reminded that there’s a big variety of beliefs within each religion about the relative importance of this life versus an afterlife, and the relative importance of specific religious commandments and practices versus more general moral principles.
In thinking about these issues, I think it’s important to take a very evidence-based approach to understanding the current distributions of religious beliefs and values, including differences between EAs and non-EAs, and the often big differences across countries, cultures, ages, sexes, social classes, education levels, etc.
Sonia—thanks for your helpful perspective as a Christian, and the link to the Pew poll (which is fascinating, and I recommend others have a look at it.)
It’s helpful to be reminded that there’s a big variety of beliefs within each religion about the relative importance of this life versus an afterlife, and the relative importance of specific religious commandments and practices versus more general moral principles.
In thinking about these issues, I think it’s important to take a very evidence-based approach to understanding the current distributions of religious beliefs and values, including differences between EAs and non-EAs, and the often big differences across countries, cultures, ages, sexes, social classes, education levels, etc.