I read the Bible and Quran, both made me atheist I feel…
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I read the Bible and Quran, both made me atheist
I feel like I have unique perspective because my father was Muslim and my mom is Roman Catholic. My mother is from Wisconsin, and her family are about as devout as one can get. She covers her hair for mass, always stressed the importance of staying abstinent and dressing modestly, and made my siblings and I read the Bible 30 min before bed growing up, every single day. I read the Quran my grandma gifted to me out of curiosity, not for religious reasons.
My father grew up Muslim, and is still somewhat culturally Muslim, though he converted to Catholicism for my mom. My dad's side of the family are not *devout* *devout* Muslims, but I still feel well-versed enough to also criticize it. The hijab was not mandatory, but if one wore it, they were given more respect within the family. My grandmother said I should cover my beautiful hair to protect myself from boys. Ramadan was still a huge thing, my dad's side of the family would fast for 30 days, and we would celebrate Eid with them.
Similarly, my mother took Lent very seriously, giving us things we needed to give up in order to closer to Christ. As I grew, and read the Bible more and more, I realized how nonsensical and awful it was. Take out the fantastical tales, it still espoused hateful rhetoric towards women, and other minorities. Some Christians claim that you can be lgbtq+ while being Christian, but as someone who has read the Bible, there is so much importance on the family and reproducing that I don't know how they could believe this.
Same with Islam. The pure lunancy that women have to cover their hair and bodies to protect them from male gazes is awful. It erases all of their humanity.
I think people like to argue this religion is worse than that one, but at the end of the day, they are both equally dangerous. Both erase woman of their personhood, are a threat to gay people, and instill toxic patriarchal ideals that not only harm women, but also men. Read the Bible and the Quran and you see both gods are equally jealous, controlling, vindictive, and cruel.
Christianity gets more of a pass since it has been watered down from its original source, but I guess my mother's religion is very strict. It has made my brothers complacent and awful people.
Religion is never good if you actually read the texts it comes from.
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I feel like I have unique perspective because my father was Muslim and my mom is Roman Catholic. My mother is from Wisconsin, and her family are about as devout as one can get. She covers her hair for mass, always stressed the importance of staying abstinent and dressing modestly, and made my siblings and I read the Bible 30 min before bed growing up, every single day. I read the Quran my grandma gifted to me out of curiosity, not for religious reasons.
My father grew up Muslim, and is still somewhat culturally Muslim, though he converted to Catholicism for my mom. My dad's side of the family are not *devout* *devout* Muslims, but I still feel well-versed enough to also criticize it. The hijab was not mandatory, but if one wore it, they were given more respect within the family. My grandmother said I should cover my beautiful hair to protect myself from boys. Ramadan was still a huge thing, my dad's side of the family would fast for 30 days, and we would celebrate Eid with them.
Similarly, my mother took Lent very seriously, giving us things we needed to give up in order to closer to Christ. As I grew, and read the Bible more and more, I realized how nonsensical and awful it was. Take out the fantastical tales, it still espoused hateful rhetoric towards women, and other minorities. Some Christians claim that you can be lgbtq+ while being Christian, but as someone who has read the Bible, there is so much importance on the family and reproducing that I don't know how they could believe this.
Same with Islam. The pure lunancy that women have to cover their hair and bodies to protect them from male gazes is awful. It erases all of their humanity.
I think people like to argue this religion is worse than that one, but at the end of the day, they are both equally dangerous. Both erase woman of their personhood, are a threat to gay people, and instill toxic patriarchal ideals that not only harm women, but also men. Read the Bible and the Quran and you see both gods are equally jealous, controlling, vindictive, and cruel.
Christianity gets more of a pass since it has been watered down from its original source, but I guess my mother's religion is very strict. It has made my brothers complacent and awful people.
Religion is never good if you actually read the texts it comes from.
#religion
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