Some ppl don't realise that religious ppl construct their own gods & prophets, selecting from available material for their own core values
V different with Muslims in the west. Two extremes. 1) Assuming Muslims don't cherry-pick & sanitise & actually represent the worst of Islam
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2)Assuming they all do & in the most tolerant & peaceful way possible (or Islam simply is that) because to do otherwise would be racist.
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I used to be far too literal but I did know Christians weren't evil. The cherry-picking frustrated me.
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I still think there's far more justification for 'you contribute to an abusive system by existing' accusation 4 religion than race or gender
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Holding good men responsible for 'male privilege' seems less just than holding good Christians responsible for religious privilege.
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And, of course, there's also the fact that religious privilege demonstrably exists. But collective blame doesn't really work even then.
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Even when religion is a choice, people are choosing different things coz so subjective. So we have to judge individuals and their actions.
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(I have someone now presenting the worst medieval war-lord aspects of Muhammad & insisting this represents core values of all Muslims)
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