Leftist anti-theists/atheists need to remember that not all religions are conservative Christianity and Christianity/religion is NOT a monolith!!
In every faith you will find good and bad people. You will find people of all political stripes. Many people who follow a religion do not believe in everything their faith leaders/institutions say. You cannot assume everything about a person simply because they have a religion.
Also, don’t forget that BIPOC and queer people of faith exist. White supremacy has tried to wipe out our faith, our indigenous beliefs. Clinging onto our religion, or adapting the colonizer’s religion to make space for our own existence, is how we survived. Our faith is precious to us. Our faith is the source of our resilience. And for many, our progressive values.
Do not adopt the white supremacy mentality that there’s only one right way to live and all other ways are inferior. If your atheism makes you believe religious people are all stupid sheep, guess what! You haven’t deconstructed as much as you thought.
If your beliefs or non beliefs are based only on reactionary values and trauma, you need to sit down and reflect and heal more. I am sincerely sorry that certain religious people hurt you. But it does not make it right for you to disparage all other religious people, many of whom are also minorities.
Intersectional solidarity includes religion.
















