#Like how plates can be Kosher?? Or something similar. Really surprised me to find out but I'm glad I know it now

[thatradfailure]

Wow, that's... A rude thing to assume? The religious are inherently dumb??? Like man, that's just flat out what the anon's saying, "oh you're religious? You must be one of the dumbest people on Earth."

People like them make me so frustrated to be an atheist oh my god. Faith (or lack thereof) does not have ANY correlation with intelligence smh

Surprised to read you're religious. I would've thought most good science communicators would be atheist.

Please, please, do some research on religions that are not Christianity. I know that some Christian groups, especially in the US, can be wildly anti-science, but I also know amazing scientists who are Christians and it is just not cool to paint all religions with the same brush.

I am Jewish; I have never said any theological opinions I may hold on here (and I never will, there's a time and a place and this isn't it). Our shared religion is part of being Jewish but it is only a part. As an ethnoreligion, Judaism is membership in a people, and we have a shared history, philosophy, language, etc., etc. Belief or lack of belief in g-d has no bearing whatsoever on being Jewish; some of the most observant Jews I know are atheists, and in my community at least it's honestly considered quite a personal question to ask someone if they believe in g-d and how they conceptualize and understand that belief or lack thereof. I personally find asking me if I'm "atheist" like this to be totally meaningless because we haven't even established any coherent definitions to work with.

Being an atheist does not make someone inherently better-suited to work in any scientific field. Being part of a religion does not make anyone inherently less suitable to work in any scientific field.