I really hate hearing about religion from people who are obviously white fallen-away protestant atheists. They have such a narrow specific view on it and think they are smarter, in general, than anyone else who has an opinion on the matter.
atheists from a protestant cultural background who used to believe but stopped. It's like how in Ireland catholic atheist and protestant atheist are meaningful distinctions
It’s like how in Ireland catholic atheist and protestant atheist are meaningful distinctions
Can you elaborate? Are you saying there are meaningful distinctions or are you saying you're dubious of meaningful distinctions? I'm a former Catholic. Am I doing atheism better than protestant atheists? Score!
It also refers to your cultural background as religion is not only a spiritual but a cultural influence. For example the Irish example I made was referencing the troubles
Edit because I just thought of it, a lot of the atheists you see in the west are definitively Christian atheists as that is the religion that they are culturally familiar with and the one that informs what they perceive proper religious practice to be.
I'm referring to someone who was raised in a protestant form of Christianity, left that faith, and now believes in atheism. I find them to usually have acquired the worst traits of both protestants and atheists, in that they assume everyone except them is some kind of ignorant cult member. So many of them seem to realise that there are problems in Christianity, but just think it is because religion is inherently evil. They also swallow all the lies that protestants have spread about Catholicism(lots of misunderstanding of Church dogma and tradition), and never seem to question it despite also thinking every religious leader they had was an evil liar.
TBH, devout Orthodox Christians are overwhelmingly very right-wing. However, majority of Christians in former Soviet Union haven't been to church since their baptism.
the main point I assume they were making is that protestant atheists don;t have a more interesting perspective on Orthodox churches than anyone else, but will still elevate their opinion.
I knew a communist orthodox Christian and I also think there might be a bit of chicken and the egg with the fact the soviet union continually disrespected Orthodox Christian communities
Communist orthodox Christians in former USSR tend to hold even more social conservative views than other people who are not really social progressive themselves.
USSR opposed Orthodox Church more due to the fact that Orthodox Church was one of the pillars of the Russian Empire, fiercely opposed expropriation of the church-owned economic assets and supported Whites in the Civil War.
I really hate hearing about religion from people who are obviously white fallen-away protestant atheists. They have such a narrow specific view on it and think they are smarter, in general, than anyone else who has an opinion on the matter.
About religion in general, yes totally.
About the specific faith they grew up in and fell away from, though, I would disagree.
That's why I said the exact things that I said in the order I said them. You can;t be disagreeing because I didn't say that.
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atheists from a protestant cultural background who used to believe but stopped. It's like how in Ireland catholic atheist and protestant atheist are meaningful distinctions
Can you elaborate? Are you saying there are meaningful distinctions or are you saying you're dubious of meaningful distinctions? I'm a former Catholic. Am I doing atheism better than protestant atheists? Score!
It also refers to your cultural background as religion is not only a spiritual but a cultural influence. For example the Irish example I made was referencing the troubles
Edit because I just thought of it, a lot of the atheists you see in the west are definitively Christian atheists as that is the religion that they are culturally familiar with and the one that informs what they perceive proper religious practice to be.
I'm referring to someone who was raised in a protestant form of Christianity, left that faith, and now believes in atheism. I find them to usually have acquired the worst traits of both protestants and atheists, in that they assume everyone except them is some kind of ignorant cult member. So many of them seem to realise that there are problems in Christianity, but just think it is because religion is inherently evil. They also swallow all the lies that protestants have spread about Catholicism(lots of misunderstanding of Church dogma and tradition), and never seem to question it despite also thinking every religious leader they had was an evil liar.
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TBH, devout Orthodox Christians are overwhelmingly very right-wing. However, majority of Christians in former Soviet Union haven't been to church since their baptism.
the main point I assume they were making is that protestant atheists don;t have a more interesting perspective on Orthodox churches than anyone else, but will still elevate their opinion.
I knew a communist orthodox Christian and I also think there might be a bit of chicken and the egg with the fact the soviet union continually disrespected Orthodox Christian communities
Communist orthodox Christians in former USSR tend to hold even more social conservative views than other people who are not really social progressive themselves.
USSR opposed Orthodox Church more due to the fact that Orthodox Church was one of the pillars of the Russian Empire, fiercely opposed expropriation of the church-owned economic assets and supported Whites in the Civil War.