My theory is that the people posting these memes are not themselves meaningfully religious, so they have no idea what actually being a devoted christian would look like and assume it's just reading the bible over and over.
You can't really justify this bigotry by weird interpretations of religious texts since they are products of a time when Islam had not made a significant connection to India. The devout Hindus I mention do not really read religious texts. They just listen to fascist demagogues on YouTube and WhatsApp etc.
I don't mean to say that Hinduism in its "real" form is good and inclusionary. (I don't have a strong opinion about this but I feel what I have been told of the Hindu epics seems problematic to put it lightly.) Just that the modern interpretation of the religion has taken a life of its own and spun out of control. Hinduism as it exists today is defined by what RSS and BJP preach it as and I don't see any opposing voices within the religion. So I feel it cannot be redeemed.
One of these days I will write up my effort post about how the principal contradiction in white evangelical Christianity is between the reactionaries who are drawn to that particular brand of religion because it fundamentally supports white supremacy, settler colonialism, patriarchy, etc, and those who have a more solid theological understanding and recognize that their religion is constantly shrinking so they can’t afford to alienate anyone who isn’t precisely like them (while noting that this second group is usually every bit as socially reactionary as the first).
One of these days I will write up my effort post about how the principle contradiction in white evangelical Christianity is between the reactionaries who are drawn to that particular brand of religion because it fundamentally supports white supremacy and settler colonialism, and those who have a more solid theological understanding and recognize that their religion is constantly shrinking so they can’t afford to alienate anyone who isn’t precisely like them (while noting that this second group is usually every bit as socially reactionary as the first).
My theory is that the people posting these memes are not themselves meaningfully religious, so they have no idea what actually being a devoted christian would look like and assume it's just reading the bible over and over.
Yeah it's the same way with "devout" Hindus that I know. The religion seems to mainly revolve around hating Muslims and other minorities.
Almost as if they just want a justification for their hatred.
You can't really justify this bigotry by weird interpretations of religious texts since they are products of a time when Islam had not made a significant connection to India. The devout Hindus I mention do not really read religious texts. They just listen to fascist demagogues on YouTube and WhatsApp etc.
I don't mean to say that Hinduism in its "real" form is good and inclusionary. (I don't have a strong opinion about this but I feel what I have been told of the Hindu epics seems problematic to put it lightly.) Just that the modern interpretation of the religion has taken a life of its own and spun out of control. Hinduism as it exists today is defined by what RSS and BJP preach it as and I don't see any opposing voices within the religion. So I feel it cannot be redeemed.
One of these days I will write up my effort post about how the principal contradiction in white evangelical Christianity is between the reactionaries who are drawn to that particular brand of religion because it fundamentally supports white supremacy, settler colonialism, patriarchy, etc, and those who have a more solid theological understanding and recognize that their religion is constantly shrinking so they can’t afford to alienate anyone who isn’t precisely like them (while noting that this second group is usually every bit as socially reactionary as the first).
luther when he was done with james:
One of these days I will write up my effort post about how the principle contradiction in white evangelical Christianity is between the reactionaries who are drawn to that particular brand of religion because it fundamentally supports white supremacy and settler colonialism, and those who have a more solid theological understanding and recognize that their religion is constantly shrinking so they can’t afford to alienate anyone who isn’t precisely like them (while noting that this second group is usually every bit as socially reactionary as the first).