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bijoumikhawal · 5 months ago

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personally a favorite is when I, a neurodivergent person who almost got institutionalized at the tender age of 12, gets told all religious people are delusional, with the implication that everyone religious is dangerous, the religious/philosophical/social contributions of the "ill" are inherently circumspect, must be institutionalized, and "cured"

when you're talking to someone and they start going on and on about how no one believes in God anymore (whether they think it's good or bad) feels like being gaslighted (sorry). well if you just asked I'd tell you that I do believe in God and that I *am* religious 🤔

another thing is when you're talking to other lgbt people and they just start saying very offensive things about religion and how it's inherently adverse to lgbt rights. while I'm standing right there. a bisexual christian woman.....

#It's so racist. Because a lot of religious figures in non western traditions are slandered as crazy even by religious Europeans #If you read what British people think about the Wali of Egypt they don't sound any different #'These wandering holy men are just crazy or scammers obviously. Not saints like our saints'#Or how like. 'Shaman' traditions overlap with medicalization #Either because the 'shamans' often have what modern medicine (which often has a western bias) recognizes as a disorder #Or because the practice itself is medicalized upon contact with modern medicine #As a 'culture bound disorder' first and foremost when it's an entire spirituality with connections to other practices #Other favorites are a white liberal telling me by virtue of being religious I'm responsible for abortion bans #While implying cultural genocide is okay. As an add on to me talking about the impact of genocide on my ancestors

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