Atheist Memes

Most religious folk I know seem to presume the divine authorities are reasonable, at least to them. (There's a propensity to assume that other groups, whether different religions, different races or foreigners from other countries are intrinsically evil, like goblins or Klingons or something.) It seems that most worries over sin and Hellfire and such come from ministries and apologists looking to gin up more contrition, which in the case of Christianity leads to more church attendance and tithing.

Typically, it's when religion is invoked in social conflicts (often domestic ones) that nucleate religious identity crises. We hear about it a lot in LGBT+ cases, but it happens often enough with cis-het teens looking to establish identity separate from their parents. Hence a lot of apology is directed towards teens coming of age.

I don't know how it works with Imams and mosques, but during the Mahsa Amini protests, Imams were the targets of outrage, with araqchin tipping (that is sneaking up and knocking his cap off his head) being a common act of defiance. It was big news when it was revealed the Iranian SLA and assembly kept their families abroad in western states, and didn't force them to adhere to the same strict customs they commanded of Iranians.