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Helen Pluckrose
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Writer for @AreoMagazine & @ConatusNews. Universal liberal. Secularist. Humanist. See pinned tweet. Mother. Doglover. Supposed to be doing medieval history.
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Helen Pluckrose
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Yes. Unpaid work for British Humanist Association & support Oxfam, Save the Children, Amnesty, DEC, Action Aid & Peter Tatchell Foundation
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Helen Pluckrose
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She'd deliberately understand 'Go back' as 'Go deeper into the forest. We can live there now. It'll be great.'
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Helen Pluckrose
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I'm starting to wonder if this holiday in Sherwood Forest was such a good idea. You'd think having a dog would help but no.
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Helen Pluckrose
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I just got lost in the town I have lived in for 12 years. Turn down wrong street, OK. But I shld be able 2 go in right general direction. No
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Helen Pluckrose
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Maybe. More British Christians lose them every year, as you know. But apostatising from Judaism is way less common.
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Helen Pluckrose
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Yes. But could this assimilation - the mixing of goodness with God - be what eventually makes God redundant to many people? I don't know.
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Rabbi Josh Yuter
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The second is the colloquial use of "mitzvah" as "good deed" when it really means "commandment"
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Rabbi Josh Yuter
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I can think of two inexact parallels in the Jewish world. One is the idea of being a "Mensch" but that's usually distinct from the religion
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Helen Pluckrose
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This is what I'm responding to. He's American. Wondering if this attitude indicates a similar progression towards secular ideas of morality
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Helen Pluckrose
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And they're recognising that morality can exist outside it which is good. Yes, its a tad presumptuous too but this can be pointed out gently
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Helen Pluckrose
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But anyway, when a religious person tells you you personify the ethos of their religion as a compliment, they do mean well.
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Helen Pluckrose
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Helen Pluckrose
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I haven't heard this for years. Maybe this is part of a progression. God becomes kindness, then kindness is enough on its own.
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Helen Pluckrose
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I'd be told 'That's very Christian of you' and 'You're a Christian' when I did something nice for them. Just meant 'That was kind.'
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Helen Pluckrose
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Religious belief in the UK has dropped very quickly. When I was in my teens & 20s, elderly ppl frequently used 'Christian' to mean 'kind.'
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Helen Pluckrose
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It is also a step in the direction of a secular humanist morality which could potentially make believing in 'God' redundant.
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Helen Pluckrose
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...it is also positive when believers interpret their faith by qualities of kindness & charity rather than by doctrines which are neither.
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Helen Pluckrose
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This is presumptuous & associating all that is good with own faith can lead to associating disbelievers w rejection of all that is good but twitter.com/HPluckrose/sta…
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Helen Pluckrose
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Oh, Carlos...
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Helen Pluckrose
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I think its generally better not to present goodness & kindness as synonymous with your own faith, yes. twitter.com/HPluckrose/sta…
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