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Small-Scale Question Sunday for September 6, 2026

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

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Makes sense to me. Without the larger structures, people pick and choose whatever idiosyncratic beliefs are most convenient. Reminds me of something a lapsed catholic atheist friend once said to me: "I may not believe in God, but you bet your ass I believe in Saint Anthony." Said in jest, but he was pathologically bad about losing his keys and other small items, and he really did say a prayer to St Anthony to help him find things. He was no longer Catholic, but he subconsciously held onto some seemingly random little things that remained instrumentallly useful to him.