Post by @HalfSalesman@lemmy.world

2026-10-27 20:23 UTC

What are your thoughts on anti-theism, given your perspective towards religious minorities? For me, religion is religion. Its all goobly-gook. Sure I don’t hate individual believers or whatever, but I intensely despise their religion all the same. I will say, whatever is the dominant religion of a region is always my primary concern. So in my own country, the US, Christianity is my least favored just due to its overwhelming influence, but they’re all shit.

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@captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2026-10-28 02:23

Well I’m personally pagan so I’d say I’m not a huge fan of anti theism. I also see it as just as capable of authoritarian crackdowns against personal freedom as religions are. I’m a firm believer in secularism, including forced secular education. Religion is a personal matter and so long as I don’t impede on anyone’s life with my practice of it I should be free to light my incense, say my prayers, dance in front of some bonfires, and take my psychadelics in attempts to better understand the divine. And I should be free to meet up with others who are likeminded to do the same. But also, on Islam I just have seen so many anti theists behave towards people of middle eastern descent in a way indistinguishable from were they simply racist, so I do always keep an eye out for how they act.

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