As much as I cannot disagree more with the author's fundamental premise (religion), it is refreshing to see someone claim to have a belief and then follow through, change their behaviour to match their belief, at no small cost to themselves, and in pursuit of doing the right thing.
It's not surprising though. The 9/11 hijackers also had a belief and followed through at no small cost to themselves (death). And they believed they were doing the right thing.
I hope you're not serious in drawing an equivalency between a mainstream religious belief and that level of extremism.
My point was more that I see a lot of mainstream Christians who aren't actually interested in doing anything based on their belief that affects their quality of life.
I'm not drawing an equivalency. I'm just pointing out that for me it is very much not "refreshing to see someone claim to have a belief and then follow through, [...] at no small cost to themselves".
> a lot of mainstream Christians who aren't actually interested in doing anything based on their belief
Yes, a lot of mainstream Christians aren't actually Christians, they're just cosplaying religion.
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My point was more that I see a lot of mainstream Christians who aren't actually interested in doing anything based on their belief that affects their quality of life.
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> a lot of mainstream Christians who aren't actually interested in doing anything based on their belief
Yes, a lot of mainstream Christians aren't actually Christians, they're just cosplaying religion.