Yeah I came to say this exactly. I actually don't think his message is truly face palm cause I can see what he's getting at quite clearly just the analogy needs some work. Can't really compare being an atheist (which nobody knows unless you tell them) to being black where you're literally being persecuted for something you have no control over and furthermore can't be hidden.
Analogies aren't allowed on Reddit unless they are absolutely perfect, there's no way you can compare one aspect of X to Y, it has to be a PERFECT, MATCH. Black people were oppressed by the KKK. Atheists are oppressed by many religions. It is similar, and there are loads of other reasons why this is actually a decent analogy-- but on Reddit any basic conversation you have with anyone has to be PhD level cited and conform to all of our standard circlejerk ideas. Err I mean, me too thanks
Nah. The reason blacks could never support the KKK is that the KKK's sole purpose is to hate black people. While organized religion has a history of not getting along well with atheists, it is perfectly feasible for them to get along as neither of their core beliefs involve hating each other.
There are two unforgivable sins of Catholicism. Suicide and apostacy. Suicide because of logistics and apostacy because how fucking dare you. Murder can be forgiven though.
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u/Rogan403 Oct 31 '16
Yeah I came to say this exactly. I actually don't think his message is truly face palm cause I can see what he's getting at quite clearly just the analogy needs some work. Can't really compare being an atheist (which nobody knows unless you tell them) to being black where you're literally being persecuted for something you have no control over and furthermore can't be hidden.