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These are some broad brush strokes, dude.
I agree that modern and western atheism is sort of a dialectal to western religion and so perpetually tied to it in a way, that westerners don't often see.
I agree that atheism as commonly portrayed online (actively and by its detractors alike) is militantly against Islam, all religions, etc.
But lots of atheists are actually humanists and not militantly out to root out all religion entirely.
Inside the US we are plagued by a religious fascism that yes, sadly, colors a looot of the online conversation about faith and atheism.
Atheists are not generally for eradicating all religions on the planet.
I agree with this in general, and wanted to add onto it a bit:
I'm Atheist but I honestly couldn't care less what others believe in. If believing in a god or an afterlife helps you get through your life easier, than why not? Why try to tell someone else what religious or cultural belief is right or wrong when we're all just making our best guesses anyway?
Believe in whatever afterlife you want, so long as that belief doesn't make everyone else's lives worse. The moment you start trying to push religion and culture onto people, you're no better than any other form of cultural imperialism.
That’s why this isn’t a meme about atheists. It’s a meme about antitheists.
You brought in atheism right here though??
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And I wasn't calling atheists genocidal when I mentioned their cultural Christianity.