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Is misotheism essential for a genuine communist? (reddthat.com)
submitted 5 months ago by silverhand@reddthat.com to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I was wondering, since religions are fundamentally social structures built to set hierarchies and justify inequality, and all religious dogma and theology has failed to disprove the null hypothesis of atheism, does it hamper a comrade's integrity if she is conflicted in shedding off her circumstantial religion?

What do you guys think?

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[-] asg101@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Calling atheism a religion is like calling "bald" a hair color.

[-] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

They didn't call atheism a religion though. They pointed out--correctly, in my opinion--that atheism is compatible with most religions, since the majority of them put primacy on religious practice rather than religious belief.

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

I never said atheism was a religion:

Religion and theism are completely orthogonal.

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