catching the fam up on how your shits going with a six year time-skip since you last saw your brother
i cannot get out of my head how Carver gets progressively better adjusted and content as his timeline goes on and then he comes back in act 3 to see Hawke has been on the mental decline and is hanging on by one crazy thread
Shoutout to the comedy duo of TSA agents I just encountered, one of whom called me “sir,” the other of whom called me “ma'am,” both of whom apologized in unison, each thinking the other was right
I fucking hate game apps. I wanted to play tetris the otherday so I figured there must be a simple tetris app out there its the most basic game. But every app is like heres your daily log in bonus of 10 gold! You get 5 free plays a day. Here’s an ad. To replay a level costs 1 diamond. You can eart gold by earning points in levels. 1000 points = 1 gold. You can exchange 550 gold for one diamond but we have a sale right now that they only cost 500 gold. Heres an ad. You can buy a loot crate of diamonds for 5.99$! You leveled up! Heres 1 free diamond. Youve run out of free replays for today, would you like to buy some more diamonds? Heres your daily tasks, make sure to log in every day this month for a free reward chest. its free! Heres an ad. Would you like to sign up for this credit card to recieve 10 free diamonds? Invite a friend and you can earn points! Ding! Youve leveled up. Heres an ad. This is our special bonus play weekend, you get one free replay and a pack of diamonds only costs 4.99$. You can use your gold to purchase new skins for the tetris blocks. This ones shaped like cats! It costs 100 diamonds. You need to collect them all. Free to play, may be some in-app purchases.
I see this comment fairly often. And probably somewhere around 99 times out of 100, the person saying it is a Culturally Christian Atheist who is trying to say that they view the Christian concepts of “belief in a higher power” and “faith in and submission to a specific deity” as abhorrent…
But what is actually communicated to non-Christians includes:
“I think that all other religions are just reskinned versions of Christianity with a different name plate on the Christ Figure.”
And:
“I hate your culture for no other reasons than displaced trauma and lack of education on my part.”
And I’ve recently been seeing this comment repeatedly on my “Missionaries Are Inherently Xenophobic” post, and basically just auto-blocking the people making the statement.
Because it’s so ignorant. It ties into the Christian worldview that “Culture” and “Religion” are two distinct things that are almost modular, in that you can swap out the “Religion” module with any other and have no effects on the Culture. (9 times out of 10, these types also insist that Culturally Christian holidays are also secular…)
So, sure. Let’s take this statement and run with it, just to demonstrate what it actually says to those of us who aren’t Christian.
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I hate all religions equally.
So, yes, I do hate Judaism just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that means I’m in ideological agreement with Nazis, I hate this ethnoreligion which has never done me personal harm, and has been persecuted for thousands of years. To me, Judaism is Just A Religion, and I don’t understand, and don’t WANT to understand that it is also a persecuted minority whose culture gets routinely outlawed by people like me. Since I don’t understand that, seeing a visibly Jewish person on the street with their modest garb and hearing their foreign language, I am revolted. I hate Judaism, and I hate JEWS, just as much as I hate every other religion, equally.
So, yes, I hate Sikhism just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that I’ve almost certainly never met a Sikh, and I don’t know that they don’t seek converts, so they’re also an ethnic group, the mere fact that they have a Religion that comes with that ethnic group means that I hate them. Their religious beliefs with which they’re raised as part of their culture–honesty, equality, fidelity, standing up to oppression–are Evil because it’s a religion, and need to be wiped out. Seeing a Sikh man, with his Religious turban and beard, as they give out free food to everyone in need at a Langar… well, it fills me with disgust and rage, and I wish to rid the world of this Religious Practice, observed by people who are different than me. I hate Sikhism and I hate Sikhs, just as much as I hate every other religion, equally.
So, yes, I hate Shintoism just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that my understanding of Shintoism is almost certainly bastardized by my Western conceptions, their beliefs in venerating nature and respecting their ancestors are Religious and therefore Evil, and need to be wiped out. Seeing a Shintoist leave an offering to the Kami, engaging in ritual cleanliness, and marking major life events with solemnity fills me with disgust and rage. I hate Shintoism and I hate Shintoists, just as much as I hate every other religion, equally.
So, yes, I hate the Druze faith just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that they are a small ethnic group who are prohibited from proselytism from their founding; I don’t care. To me, they’re Just Another Abrahamic Religion and I Hate Abrahamic Religions, even if there are so few of them. They have a Religion, and I Hate All Religions Equally.
So, yes, I hate the many and myriad beliefs of the First Nations, just as much as I hate Christianity. Nevermind that they were persecuted and marginalized by Christianity, which tried to wipe out their beliefs, way of life, and identities, I hate their Religions, even if those religions are tied to their ways of life. Nevermind that the residential schools, which had the stated goal of “Kill the Indian in the Child,” have mass graves of children. I refuse to recognize that this puts me in ideological agreement with Christian missionaries. After all, I Hate All Religions Equally, and if mass graves of children is the price to pay for a world with one fewer Religion in it, then so be it.
After all, I Hate All Religions Equally.
“Religion”, from a societal perspectives is created to control the masses and keep the norms. If your religion thinks crime is wrong and you will go to hell (or whatever the “bad place” is), then you you behave and the village is safer. As societies evolved and grew, the leaders adapt and change what the “bad things” are.
People around the world, are wonderful, caring individuals. But their religious people in charge? They are just as human as everyone else. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I personally don’t think there is one god just sitting there, watching all of the pain of innocent children. And like Stephen Fry said, I wouldn’t want him as a my god if he were real.
Did you completely miss the point of this post? Because your comment is completely irrelevant to the point.
Ahhh yes, the kindness of strangers at work here.
Non sequitur much? What is that supposed to mean as a rebuttal even?
*sees the word “religion” on a post about cultural sensitivity and historical context, explicitly detailing why it is actively harmful to generalize all religions under the same “Christian” umbrella*
“Ah yes time for me to soapbox about why all religions are tools of social control, an observation that is as derisive towards religious individuals as it is towards entire cultures. Surely I don’t need to actually read the original post, it probably says religion is either good or bad. Therefore, my prewritten speech either agrees with it or actively negates it, both of which makes my contribution a suitable addition to this discussion. Here’s Stephen Fry denouncing Christianity because I didn’t get past the third paragraph.”
