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?

  • RiotDoll [she/her, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Hey, I’m a religion nerd?

    But religion nerds who know way more than me and can make a better case for what atheism really is under the hood have made videos i can share.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfcwTiOGnig

    This guy is pretty good in general, if you want to understand religion on a deeper level than like, what’s common to everyone. Because common knowlege about religion is garbage. Like huge garbage. It’s all shit. I can’t have normal conversations about these topics anymore, because i know more than most people and not enough for everyone i learn from. It’s great.

    edit: also i should probably define terms. I’m aware atheism can mean non-religious, but given that in name it’s defined in terms of negating religion, people who study religion are still probably the best lens we have to study it as a phenomenon, but i don’t want to imply any kind of personal belief about what atheism is - what it is is complicated and it does range from a redditor who is a little too into dawkins, to atheistic forms of religious behavior that don’t fit neatly into categories of belief or non belief - it’s a weirdly huge topic.