Skimmed through so you might have mentioned this point already.
Seemed to me like maybe rather than to understand religious ideologies better in themselves, your intention is ultimately to answer questions that help with cause prioritisation, like:
what beings matter
does values matter (e.g. suffering, happiness, QALYs)
These are questions that some EAs are already working on.
Religious ideologies may help to ask other relevant questions and provide some plausible hypothesis, but the valid answers would still need to be based on empirical evidence.
I think that’s a much more tractable endeavour than arguing about which religion/belief is correct, from a theological angle, as an aim in itself.
Skimmed through so you might have mentioned this point already.
Seemed to me like maybe rather than to understand religious ideologies better in themselves, your intention is ultimately to answer questions that help with cause prioritisation, like:
what beings matter
does values matter (e.g. suffering, happiness, QALYs)
These are questions that some EAs are already working on.
Religious ideologies may help to ask other relevant questions and provide some plausible hypothesis, but the valid answers would still need to be based on empirical evidence.
I think that’s a much more tractable endeavour than arguing about which religion/belief is correct, from a theological angle, as an aim in itself.
i appreciate the comment but im not going to reply much cuz i think i addressed most of ur points above and seems like no one here wants to hear it.