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« on: May 28, 2019, 11:11:08 AM »

Evangelicals are criticized more frequently because they wield an outsized amount of political power relative to other religious groups in the United States.

All religions deserve criticism, though.
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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2019, 11:53:58 AM »


All religions deserve criticism, though.

You'll cut your Fedora on that edge.

I fail to see how this is an "edgy" statement, and I was mostly implying that people (secular people, specifically) who criticize Evangelicals should similarly discern problematic attributes in other religions.
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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2019, 03:36:13 PM »
« Edited: May 30, 2019, 03:44:53 PM by gracile »

FWIW I did not intend to be edgy at all with that comment, and it was little more than a throwaway thought at the time. I am sorry that it got mischaracterized it as such.

I should clarify that "All religions deserve criticism" was more of a direct response to the question posed by this thread ("Is there a double standard between criticizing Evangelicals and other religions?") from a secular perspective. There is somewhat of a double standard with the way irreligious people criticize evangelicals because of their outsized influence, and it should be logically consistent for them to criticize other religions to the same degree. I have noticed that there is often a tendency in secular circles to go after the most egregious religious practices or churches with the most power in society (or worse, discriminating against members of a specific group rather than the institution itself). My comment was more an earnest expression of how it is important for secular people to look at how religion functions on the whole, rather than attacking one antagonistic group.
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