The whole concept of "religion" was invented by European Christian imperialists as part of the effort to establish global hegemony, and antitheism/secularism based in European enlightenment ideals serves the same supremacist project of eliminating and replacing non-Christian cultures.
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Chad Loder
what's an opinion you have that's 100% correct but makes for uncomfortable silence?
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@mpgphd.bsky.social and @profirmf.bsky.social , do you have a go-to book recommendation?
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650/religion-is-not-done-with-you-by-megan-goodwin-and-ilyse-morgenstein-fuerst/
https://academic.oup.com/book/7520
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo3534198.html
https://keepingit101.com/episodes/#season4
Most ancient religions don't even have a word for "religion", as there's no distinction between public and private life.