środa, 2 października 2024

On religious tolerance and whether I have friends of those religious groups (in English, Poles can translate it)

I seem to lack transparency, when it comes to my atittude towards religions.
For a long time, I was trying to be crystal clear in my religious tolerance, I bought the ideas at my school or pacifist people that I should be tolerant towards religions, even if I'm an atheist or agnostic.
Otherwise, I'm a communist, right? Otherwise I lack acceptance and I lack transparency, right?
For me it is very important, not to lack transparency.
But first, I need to discuss my lack of affinity with any religion.
I was raised as a Catholic, like every Pole and I got baptized, which I regret, due to the fact, I didn't consent to this. I was threatened with the stories about going to hell by the clerics at my school and at my churches. I attended various churches. Some were terrible, others were so-so.
I was extremely tired of those people telling me that I should be Catholic, or else I will go to hell, therefore at 9 years of my own age, I decided that I'm not gonna be a Catholic, any longer - because of their lack of empathy, transparency and help towards the victims.
I'm not exactly hiding with my criticism towards all Abrahamic religions, either (namely Christianity, Islam, Judaism etc.), but I seem to lack transparency with what do I dislike about those religions.
So I'm gonna being with what I perceive as pros and cons of those religions.
Christianity:
I'm very famlliar with this religion, since I was baptized, so I'm gonna tell you about the pros and cons:
Pros:
- Culture of forgiveness;
- "Love your enemy as thyself";
- Telling sweet words about Jesus and God loving people, not hating people;
- Some charities, which are genuine;
etc.
Cons:
- Misogyny (anti-abortion, anti-women-in-church) etc.;
- Pedophilia (Catholics are not willing to address what happened in the clergy for too long and Vatican thought 12 years old is the ideal age for sex);
- Proselytization;
- Intolerance against non-Catholics;
- Crusades and persecution of Native Americans;
etc. (let me know in the comment section, if I lack transparency)
Islam:
Known in my circles as my most hated religion ever, due to blatant misogyny, pedophilia and unwillingness to assimilate in the European countries. But I have to mention the pros and cons of this religions:
Pros:
- They seem to be family oriented and seem to be charitable
- They seem to have interesting food
- When everybody from that community is pious, there is certain amount of solidarity
- Islam seems to unite people
Cons:
- Misogyny (acid attacks, rapes, women's voice and existence being less valuable than men's, femicide etc.);
- Pedophilia (Bacha Bazi, Aisha being 9 years old, when she's got married off, child marriages being normalized);
- Proselytization (one will get killed for not being a Muslim, fortunately I live in Poland);
- Suicide bombers and killings of unfaithful (severe intolerance of non-Muslims);
- Severe animal abuse (halal slaughter);
etc. (let me know in the comment section, if I lack transparency)
Judaism:
AKA the religion I used to love, due to the pros, I will mention, but later I thought it's the same religion as the most Abrahamic religions, so I need to discuss the pros and cons. It's difficult to talk about this religion, without mentioning the fact they are an ethnicity and they used to be persecuted for alleged "phenotypical differences", so again, pros and cons:
Pros:
- Jews support each other and would never let their fellow Jew be victimized in any way, something I envied when I belonged to the Catholic Church, or more specifically, the Polish soil;
- Jews have fabulous music and interesting food, overall culture;
- Jews seem to be industrious and contributed to science, arts, music etc.
- Jews don't proselytize, which is the best thing ever (but it depends on the context);
- Jews don't cancel anybody, they just argue, until someone wins the argument;
- If you happen to be Jewish, you would have a friend, forever;
- Geddy Lee came from the Jewish folks (but that's my personal bias);
Cons:
- Jews are intolerant against non-Jews, sometimes it seems
- Jews come across as hypocrites, hate Poland for WWII, but they themselves kill Palestinians
- Jews don't let anybody from outside the group, unless you try hard enough (I don't know, I'm not Jewish)
- They seem to have their own problems with misogyny (kol isha, hidden spouse abuse cases) and pedophilia (rabbis' sexual abuse cases etc.)
As I said, I'm trying not to offend anybody, but that's what I know about Judaism.
All Abrahamic religions seem to have the same patterns within their religions and that's why I can't be the member of them. In case of Judaism, I might have some Jewish heritage, but I don't think I would make a great Jewish woman. I react in disgust, when it comes to Islam and I don't want those folks in Poland, almost like Dominik Tarczyński, but he's the Catholic fanatic, and I'm reluctant to be threatened by Catholicism and other branches of Christianity to go to hell.
So, sorry not sorry, I'm a proud ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC!
Let that sink in and let me know in the comment section, what do you think.
As for having friends from those religious groups, honestly...
I got a lot of Jewish friends (due to the fact I love Rush, the prog rock band and due to the fact, maybe I have this heritage myself, like many Poles, secretly, so there is this bias), quite many Christian friends (because I was raised in that religion), and maybe some (but I don't think so, due to my disgust at Islam) reform Muslim friends (I doubt there are any)!
So note: I can love my religious friends... if they happen to share my love for rock and metal music! Only then!
So, you can PROSELYTIZE, but don't go too far with threatening me, as I'm very often experimental in my opinions.

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