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In your mind, are religious bigotry and racism the same thing? [Spirituality & Religion]

I ask because of the Muslim mosque shooting in New Zealand. I saw one SW member respond to a question about it, who referred to it as racism.

To my knowledge, there are only a few religions on earth, notably the Jewish religion, the Shinto religion, and perhaps the Hindu religion which are composed entirely of one race. Judaism counts descent from the mother as a qualifier for their religion, but there have been some notable exceptions and conversions, like that of Ivanka Trump and that of Sammy Davis Jr.

Is it not more accurate to refer to blind hatreds of the religious sort as religious bigotry?

Your thoughts?
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Faust76 · 46-50, M
Correct, but in his manifesto the terrorist makes it explicitly clear that it's about race and white supremacism. (Admittedly it's full of different themes, some which seem to exist only to rile up people against each other)
4meAndyou · F
@Faust76 White supremacists aren't very bright.
4meAndyou · F
@Faust76 It just occurred to me...how did this criminal nut know that there were no white people in the Mosque? There could very well have been.
Faust76 · 46-50, M
@4meAndyou In the manifesto he wrote before the attacks, he writes "Do you feel any remorse for the attack? No, I only wish I could have killed more invaders, and more traitors as well." So the justification in his mind for killing any non-migrants is that they are traitors to their own race (merely by being there).

Of course, the intent of terrorism is never quite to be effective and selective; it's all about the terror, to serve as an example and inspiration. Also I think your post may be about my response where I mentioned religion & racism; if so you should also know that he repeatedly expressed that the intent of the attack is to sow further dissension to help bring about a civil war in US, so the mosques weren't even his real "target".
4meAndyou · F
@Faust76 Holy cow! I haven't heard anything on the news about the manifesto. That is just pure evil.
Theseus · 46-50, M
@4meAndyou Got that shit correct!!