Hi @JDBauman,
Thank you for getting in touch with me. I shared that website with the local church.
I’m very happy to see that there is a thriving community of Christians involved with EA and effective charity.
- Aaron
Aaron Graifman
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Hi Jason,
Thank you for your response.
Do you think you could elaborate on the second point? I’m personally unfamiliar with Catholic moral theology and would be interested in learning more about the basic ideas that connect to AI ethics.
Thank you,
- Aaron
Hi Joseph,
Thank you for your thorough and thoughtful responses. This has helped me gain an understanding of your perspective. I’m now considering speaking to the head pastor this Sunday about EACH, with what you’ve said in mind. I find that this point in particular stood out to me as reasonable and important.Also, emphasizing Jesus’ teachings, like how “when you give to the least of these, you give to me” (demandingness), or the parable of the talents (effectiveness), or speaking of “you will know them by their fruits” (consequences), can be helpful to encourage a stronger moral imperative.
Side note:
I followed the Christ and Counterfactuals blog and will read more of what they have on there. Philosophy of Religion is somewhat of a natural interest for me, as is the theology of Christianity, so if you know anyone who I should reach out to about potentially contributing to the blog, that would be wonderful. I would love to add to the discussion and body of work.Thank you again,
Aaron
Hi Joseph,
I’m very glad to hear that. How might one go about bringing that movement into their local church?
I’ve encountered many Christians who use the second-coming as a reason not to care too much about the long-term future and I don’t know how to reconcile this. I consider myself Agnostic, but some of my Baptist friends have become convinced that since their faith is, well, faith-based, they don’t feel like the moral imperative to do acts beyond tithing.
What’re your thoughts on this?
If there’s any advice or resources you could point me to, that would be excellent.
Thank you very much
How to communicate EA to the commonsense Christian: has it been done before?
I’m considering writing a series of posts exploring the connection between EA and the common-sense Christianity one might encounter on the street if you were to ask someone about their ‘faith.’
I’ve looked into EA for Christians a bit, and haven’t done a deep dive into their articles yet. I’m wondering what the consensus is on this group, and if anyone involved can give me a synopsis on how that’s been going. Has it been effective?
I’m posting this quick take as a means of feeling out this idea.
This mini-series would probably consist of exploring EA from a commonsense place, considering how the use of Church-language can allow one to communicate more effectively and bypass being seen as a member of the out-group, and hopefully enable more Christians to see this movement as something they may want to be a part of even if they don’t share the same first premises.
I don’t want to put more time into work that has been deeply covered in the community but feel that this is an area I can provide some insight into, as I have my motivations for reconciliation beyond academic interest.
What are your thoughts?
Thank you for sharing this journey. In addition, I will be using the STOPP routine now more often. I implemented it today when I found myself getting overwhelmed by the calls I had to make today and it helped guide me back on track.
This also helped me gain a feel for how the community has grown.
This is inspiring