Idk if this is a hot take or not but a lot of the time it feels like the disdain for new age or modern religious beliefs(Outside of groups who are specifically abusive) is just a more permissible antitheism, because theres this inherent idea that the age and size of conventional religions means "you have to respect them", not because you respect peoples right to faith and beliefs, but because otherwise you look bad or you might get consequences. It doesn't feel like theres any specific reason why you would accept one and not the other, or suppress one but not the other.
Not intending this as like a direct response to the OP post, just got me thinking.
Idk if this is a hot take or not but a lot of the time it feels like the disdain for new age or modern religious beliefs(Outside of groups who are specifically abusive) is just a more permissible antitheism, because theres this inherent idea that the age and size of conventional religions means "you have to respect them", not because you respect peoples right to faith and beliefs, but because otherwise you look bad or you might get consequences. It doesn't feel like theres any specific reason why you would accept one and not the other, or suppress one but not the other.
Not intending this as like a direct response to the OP post, just got me thinking.