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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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ViciDraco · 36-40, M
They are cut from the same cloth of ignorance and hatred.

They are not technically the same thing as one is based on genetics and the other a set of ideas. A person cannot choose their race. Though in some cultures religion isn't really a choice either but something forced upon you. In places like new Zealand though, religiosity is indeed a choice.

So they are different. But both are acts of bigotry.
4meAndyou · F
@ViciDraco Very, very true.