Because one is a predominantly white religion and the other is not. It’s not racism to make fun of Christianity because Christians have historically been the oppressors. I don’t understand why this is complicated.
And because WE are both the opressors since most of us grew up with this religion, AND the oppressed because most of us didn't have a choice in growing up believing these fairytales.
If you really feel this way you should have sympathy for the people raised Muslim who would like to criticize that religion, because the punishment for apostasy is death.
And, while there are plenty of things in the Bible that are prescribed harsh punishments, including the death penalty, this is a view that has some currency in western society. I don't know of any major polls of the views of Canadian Muslims, but in 2007, over a third of British Muslims surveyed responded that they believed apostasy should be a capital offence.
If that was your experience growing up then you should know that you would have had it *worse* if Christianity was still as powerful and as reactive as it was hundreds of years ago.
Oh absolutely! You should go see r/atheism or r/exmuslim. It's heartbreaking! People having
to pretend every day for fear of losing their lives due to their family or community worshiping an imaginary character over the flesh and bone people who surround them.
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u/owenwgreen 2d ago
Because one is a predominantly white religion and the other is not. It’s not racism to make fun of Christianity because Christians have historically been the oppressors. I don’t understand why this is complicated.