Anti-theism is, in the western world at least, definitely an evolution of Christian chauvinism, from my perspective at least. It fulfills much of the needs of the religion, namely a dogmatic rejection of beliefs and faiths that conflict with Christianity, while being ostensibly secular and anti-christian, but never offering any real threat to the church itself. Atheism alone, without the automatic assumption of every religion being evil, is far more dangerous to the church since atheists can freely work with believers to combat the reactionary political and cultural structures of christianity that hold the religion together.
Well I’m opposed to religion because for an entire decade I had hordes of good boy small town Christians threatening me with death and torture and suffering both here and now and in the afterlife for sexual deviancy.
You can oppose Christianity without opposing faiths that are not responsible for Christianity's crimes. Equating all religions diminishes the responsibility of Christianity for its role in abusing and exploiting people.
Anti-theism is, in the western world at least, definitely an evolution of Christian chauvinism, from my perspective at least. It fulfills much of the needs of the religion, namely a dogmatic rejection of beliefs and faiths that conflict with Christianity, while being ostensibly secular and anti-christian, but never offering any real threat to the church itself. Atheism alone, without the automatic assumption of every religion being evil, is far more dangerous to the church since atheists can freely work with believers to combat the reactionary political and cultural structures of christianity that hold the religion together.
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Yeah exactly, context is everything
Well I’m opposed to religion because for an entire decade I had hordes of good boy small town Christians threatening me with death and torture and suffering both here and now and in the afterlife for sexual deviancy.
You can oppose Christianity without opposing faiths that are not responsible for Christianity's crimes. Equating all religions diminishes the responsibility of Christianity for its role in abusing and exploiting people.
Guess I could have phrased it better. My main experience is with Christianity, so that’s all I can really comment on.