In Reply to: Re: that phrasing has an eerie component posted by TheHappyBurgermeister on February 03, 2026 at 13:39:33
various evangelical groups in the US and the anti-homosexuality laws in places like Uganda.
You may find this offensive in general, but by and large, there is a tight connection between monotheistic, abrahamic religious traditions and overall levels of intolerance in societies. The normative and retributive nature of these traditions, whether it's Judaism or Christianity or Islam, ends up supplanting the more accepting and non-normative polytheistic, animistic, or similar traditions they end up pushing aside.
Sure, there are counter-examples both ways: Hinudism in India has a strong intolerant streak. Likewise, some form of Buddhism in the region somewhere (I forgot the details, but there were some riots in South or Southeast Asia recenntly) and the more mystical branches of the abrahamic religions can be more tolerant (not as a rule, but at least there's a random chance at that). Otherwise, tolerance, especially in the west, has been mostly a function of increased secularism.
Now, to what extent this is something inherent in these religions versus how groups of people use them for their political end ... I think that's a bit of chicken and eggs, or at least a feedback cycle et the end, because both sides of the equation are nurtured by the other side, very often.
I'm sure you'll find that view offensive at some level, but that's just what I'm seeing in general.