Inspired by some of the discussion in this thread. I don't think it's appropriate place for that discussion there, but hey why not have a separate thread for it

If I think religion is not good in general, am I Reddit and cringe and basically Richard Dawkins?

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    21 days ago

    There's a lot of answers here, but I think this is the most useful.

    There's lots of different ways to be atheist, but Reddit Atheism is a specifically Christian phenomenon; (typically) people who were raised in Protestant Christian culture, and stopped believing in God without really examining any of the other beliefs and underlying assumptions that came with it.

    • UlyssesT
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      15 days ago

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      • Wheaties [she/her]
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        21 days ago

        and it's never from any sort of principled stance or understanding of Islam, it's just because for the last twenty years Muslims have been a socially accepted punching-bag in the english-speaking world.