As a Christian who doesn’t follow much of the super religious “rules”, I think it’s kind of a red flag but sometimes it’s not. Red flag because my girlfriend’s ex-friend was super devout and put it all over her bio and was very ableist and homophobic. My friend, for example, is agnostic, so he’s not sure if spirituality exists. He has a friend who’s super devout and constantly talks about Christianity. She has a Discord server about Christianity and most of her friends are Christian who just talk about Jesus and God all the time. She puts the crosses and bible verses in her bio too. She’s very nice and tries to be accepting but seems kinda judgmental or like “Oh, your non-traditional ways are… nice I guess.”

She constantly asks my friend how his relationship with God is and if he reads the Bible and what his favorite verses are, even when he says he’s not super religious.

My mom as of recent has become super religious, and while she is pretty left-leaning, thinks the only way to believe is to be Christian and you HAVE to believe in Jesus or you’ll die instead of live forever in Heaven.

  • Feyd@programming.dev
    22·
    3 days ago

    The fun thing about agnostics and atheists that exhibit “zealotry and hubris” is they’re almost always victims of extreme religious environments that got out and want to help others, only to have people like you group them with their previous oppressors.

    • dustycups@aussie.zone
      2·
      3 days ago

      Is it not a reasonable grouping?

      People who say the world is like this vs people who want to explore/discuss the way it is.
      or
      People who say the world is like this vs people who say the world is like that

      In my opinion they are both valid groupings. The first one is much broader & less detailed.

      • Feyd@programming.dev
        12·
        3 days ago

        No, you’re an asshole because you’re grouping people with their oppressors. Cloaking yourself in a faux civility and saying all opinions are equal is not cool.

        • KRAW@linux.communityEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          OK, but being a victim doesn’t make you immune to this categorization. A victim of sexual abuse who rapes someone is still a rapist. Someone who was persecuted for their race who then persecutes others for their race is still a racist. Victims don’t get a “Get Out of Jail” card.