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Yes exactly that "religion by default" is what bothers me too. Good way of putting it. It's like seeing atheists as a bit disabled, and the praying as something

Yes exactly that "religion by default" is what bothers me too. Good way of putting it. It's like seeing atheists as a bit disabled, and the praying as something necessary in life that atheists can do with a workaround. All that groveling, the idea of putting your life in the hands of this entity, humbly improving my connection with them etc. There's no way I will do that. I'm more than atheist, I'm anti-religious. I don't care what other people do, if it makes them happy that's cool for them, but I don't want any of that stuff in my life.

inejge 1y ago
> It's like seeing atheists as a bit disabled They are seen as disabled, i.e., lacking the moral core. An atheist, the thinking goes, can't be a moral person. The US political (if not cultural) mainstream has been anti-secular for quite some time. Remember George Bush Sr? He had a memorable exchange with a reporter during his presidential campaign, where he made his views clear[1]. He was only mildly exceptional in being very direct, not in the way of thinking. [1] https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.W._Bush_and_the_Atheists https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.W._Bush_and_t...
- burkaman 1y ago
  > This is one nation under God. This is especially egregious because "under god" was only added to the pledge of allegiance in 1954, when H.W. was 30 years old.