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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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SW-User
It's religious terror. From what the reports say these people that acted wanted to execute Muslims. This wasn't about trying to undermine Muslims...it was what the killers saw as homicidal revenge. So I agree that the term "religion" applied here instead of "race". But I don't agree with this being an act of "bigotry". That is if we're getting over analytical and picky over word choice.
4meAndyou · F
@SW-User Faust76, below, makes an excellent point. He has actually seen or read a copy of the manifesto written by the shooter or shooters of the New Zealand mosque. Although another comment here mentions white supremacy, this particular shooting was about killing invaders or perceived invaders, and one of the expressed intents was to sow dissension in the US to create a civil war.

As to word choice, I think we need to be accurate. Religious bigotry and/or religious terrorism are not the same thing as racism.
SW-User
@4meAndyou But it's still a religion they went after, not a particular race. Doesn't really matter what words were used in the manifesto because we have actions that can be more easily judged. What the killer said amounts to a bunch of confused bullshit ramble from what I managed to read, lol.
4meAndyou · F
@SW-User It's obvious he's a blithering idiot, like most criminals.