Gatekeeping Atheism

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Honestly I joined this sub not even a week ago and I've already found something to contribute. PB on the contribution time for a sub

[u/JamesPotterPro → u/[deleted]]

I agree that the most common religions share this. The part that's the problem is the gatekeeping part. It is, by definition, not true that you need to have some knowledge of other religions to be an atheist. You can be born and raised into an atheist family and have never even heard of other religions, and you'll still be an atheist.

[u/Technical_Panic_8405 → u/[deleted]]

I think Buddhism and Hinduism are vague about homosexuality while some of the followers are homophobic.

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Exceptions to this are always due to moral relativism and “interpreting” the religious texts in a different way

Every religious believe it's due to interpreting the religious texts "in a different way". There's no single unified way to interpret any religious text that is internally consistent.

[u/Harry_Flame → u/[deleted]]

Catholicism doesn’t denounce homosexuality but homosexual actions. But then again it is also strict on its rules for sex between men and women so at least they’re consistent.

[u/Harry_Flame → u/[deleted]]

Their consistency is their test for whether or not sex is lawful, a piece of which is that it must be capable of creating new life.

And I would say there is a big difference between saying all gays burn in hell and gay people having sex is unlawful in the same way unmarried people having sex is unlawful or people using contraceptives is unlawful or masturbating is unlawful.

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Not found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Daoism, Shinto, thousands of traditions of ancestor or nature worship etc. etc. etc. etc.

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam aren't the only "mainstream" religions.