#im thinking of taking a theology course if my schedule allows it

[birthisacurse-and]

As an uneducated atheist, a couple things:

One, yeah, people should just call it what it is 90% of the time: anti-Christianity.

But also, two, I think it's more just negative sentiments against any widespread system of beliefs that are used to excuse or explain or cause violence, suffering, etc. Like, the idea that Americans might be against their two-party system because of the fact that the political parties "organize" or consolidate beliefs and create a network of powerful people to further their agenda and indoctrinate new people. In a similar way, I have a distaste for "organized religion" because it's not just Christianity for me - it's Hinduism being used as a means through which to appeal to nationalism and racism, it's Islam being used to build inequitable societies and propagate corrupt governments.

But again, I'm really uneducated when it comes to religion. Maybe I'm just against Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism, and not other religions. Maybe I'm not even against these religions as a whole, but rather just the people in power that co-opt these religions and use them to brainwash others. I do know the basics of Judaism, Shintoism, and Buddhism, but those are just the basics - not to mention all the hundreds of other religions I don't fully understand or even know about.

Or maybe I'm not even against any of these religions or its people because of the religions themselves. Maybe it's just that religion is a super compatible vessel with indoctrination, a really convenient way to push an agenda onto a society, so maybe I'd just be angry at literally any other entity that allows this kind of thing to happen. Maybe it's a coincidence that religion is what's being used around the world for this purpose, idrk

Why is it bad to not like organized religion? I offer my peanut butter protein bar

BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO SAY “ORGANIZED RELIGION“ NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW MANY PEOPLES, CULTURES, AND BELIEFS THAT ACTUALLY ENCOMPASSES

LIKE OH YOU DONT LIKE “ORGANIZED RELIGION?“ PLEASE TELL ME YOUR CRITICISMS OF SHINTOISM AND TENGRISM, CAN YOU TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUDDHISM, HINDU-BUDDHISM, AND HINDUISM? WHAT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUNNI AND SHIA ISLAM? OR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROTESTANT AND A QUAKER?

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE THINGS ARE ALL INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DISTINCT HAS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY

ITS A GENERALIZATION SO BROAD AS TO BE COMPLETELY USELESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN MANY OF THESE THINGS DO LEGITIMATELY DESERVE TO BE CRITICIZED. BY STICKING THEM ALL INTO THE BUCKET OF “ORGANIZED RELIGION“ THAT YOU “DONT LIKE” YOU ARE NOT ONLY REDUCING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GLOBAL CULTURES TO A STEREOTYPE (WHICH IS RACIST) YOU ARE ALSO LOCKING YOURSELF OUT OF ANY SORT OF NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OR EFFECTIVE CRITICISM.