• AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    In my experience, most Chinese atheists aren't actually atheists. Or atheists who are only atheists because they don't believe in a personal god but are really into numerology, plan their interior design based on fengshui, believe in the spiritual aspects of acupuncture and Chinese traditional medicine realigning your qi, go to fortune tellers so that their kids can have a lucky name, consult these almanacs to plan major events like weddings based on what days are auspicious, and just act very superstitious in general. They also burn incense in temples just like their religious counterparts but mostly out of respect rather than sincere belief. They definitely don't resemble Reddit atheists at all, and I seriously doubt Reddit atheists would consider them atheists.