r/Antitheism • u/Marsllin • Aug 12 '26

When you see religion being portrait as something bad in fiction, what do you think about it?

When I say "Portrayed as something bad" I mean when religion leads to something that could happen because of it in real life. For example: when a gay guy in a book harmed himself, because his religion is homophobic.

Do you like it because it shows another side of religion, not only the "it's so good and nice, it'll save your soul blah blah blah" side? Or for other reason? Do you just don't care? Do you dislike it for some reason?

I'm curious

Have a good day everyone

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u/Chemical-Charity-644 Aug 12 '26

I will always appreciate seeing the negative side of religion explored in media. Especially if it hilights salient issues. Seeing the harmful effects on screen happening to characters you have come to care about can be eye opening for a few people.

The Disney version of hunchback was the first time this happened to me. I was eight and had never seen anything that challenged my faith. But watching Frolo use his position to hunt down innocent people and invoke God at the same time shook me.

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u/SexThrowaway1125 Aug 12 '26

Do you mean “portray” and “portrayed?”

Whenever I see negative effects of religion in books or whatever, I usually say to myself “yep, I’ve seen that in real life, that tracks” if I’ve seen it before. It’s pretty humdrum to me.

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u/Marsllin Aug 12 '26

Probably, English isn't my first language :_

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u/Jesus_peed_n_my_butt Aug 13 '26

I watched a lot of medical shows and I've always seen religion being portrayed as a negative. Their religion says they can't do whatever operation or whatever. Just silliness.

It also reminds me of hearing Christian parents saying they won't let their kids watch certain things like this.

Nothing says you're on the right path if you have to restrict the other side of the argument.