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I am not obligated to respect your religion. I do not care about your religion. I do not care if you think I'm mean. I hate your religion. I will question and disrespect your religion.
The problem is that people are so deep into their religion that they take it as a personal attack.
"You hate my religion? You must hate me too!"
That thinking is so miserable. Are you really reducing yourself to your beliefs? Even worse, the structure of religion by default forces those people to think like this. If they don't listen, they'll be punished. They need to worship their God, and they need to uplift each other in their beliefs.
Your book is not total. It was written thousands of years ago. You believe it only because the book says, "the God that sent the knowledge that is written down in this book is infallible, don't question him". As I said, the structure of religion is the main problem of why it's so bad.
I respect PEOPLE. I don't respect ideas. This isn't an opinion that has no weight on me. If your belief was that "that rock is very pretty", sure, I respect that belief. That rock does not do anything for my life. It's your preference, and if you can respect that, we're alright with each other. The problem appears when you say "that rock is very pretty and it's superior to anteaters". That's when you're stating facts about the world. Now we have a debate. While I am not an anteater, I still challenge your thinking.
Now, you say "that rock is very pretty and it's superior to you". That's something that has an impact on me, on my existence. I will question that, absolutely. You're saying that you know the absolute truth about my and this rock's existence. It has an impact on me, especially when you start spreading this belief on others. Now, you can just say "this rock is superior to people that are 162 centimeters tall and those people deserve to be thrown twigs at (stoning would be a pretty weird thing to do now that we established that the rock is a superior being)" and the people who are absolutely sure that this rock holds the absolute knowledge will follow that.
I think you get my point. I think I can hate that rock if, according to you, it thinks I'm a bad person just because of something I don't have control over (unless I started eating a lot of eggs and drinking a lot of milk, maybe? But why would I? I like my height, and it doesn't hurt anyone. so even if I have control over it, it's still a flawed way of thinking as long as my choice doesn't hurt anyone.)
This is a bit chaotic but I think you get my point. If, according to your belief I'm inferior because I have a vagina, I will have something to say, for sure. If according to your belief, I'll get punished just because I don't believe in that fact, I'm gonna say something, definitely.
You're stating facts about this world, not opinions. I have the right to question them. I'm not attacking you personally.
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redandgreenbird (blue)
i assume this is about christianity. if it's not then you can ignore this comment. if so, have you read the bible or done literally any theological research? or are you just going off "christian" conservatives' misconstructions of the text, negative stereotypes about religion, and your own hardheaded mentality?
munchlax
i aint religious but this just makes you sound like a dick lol
cel the lamb
Interesting post.
It is true that identifying with beliefs and ideas and then making it a part of the ego is an unhealthy practice. It leads to stubbornness when those ideas turn out to be flawed. However this isn't the fault of religion, anyone who is dogmatic about a certain stance, and then defines themself by that stance becomes the way you describe. It doesn't have to be any particular religion, it can also be an institution, ideology, ethics or even a sense of a destiny. The mentality of "I believe in this thing, so therefore I am this thing."
It seems like you're angry at the sense of superiority that people pretend to have due to their beliefs. As if you're saying "fuck that guy! he thinks he's better than me! i'll show him!!!".
But that anger only comes when one takes another person's ideas personally. Like they are somehow attacking you specifically by believing in what they believe.
Not sure if those are the feelings behind this post, but if they are, remember that if someone truly believes that they are better than you, for any type of reason, it doesn't come from a superiority complex. It comes from an inferiority complex that one is compensating for. Although that way is arrogant and frustrating, do not let it impact your sense of self. Try not to feel superior or inferior to another person because of what they believe in. They are simply different interpretations of reality that everyone has.
Hope you're doing okay. Much love.