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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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Speedyman · 70-79, M
You are playing with words. It is actually the hatred of one group for another .
4meAndyou · F
@Speedyman Is it playing with words when I say that "a man murdered people" when I could just as easily say MORE accurately that he mowed down 49 people with an AR15 and live streamed the video of the murders?

Sleet is not snow, even though it is similar.

Mist is not pea soup fog.
Speedyman · 70-79, M
We were talking about religious bigotry or racism. Actually there are far more Christians killed in Muslim countries but the press doesn't bother to report it@4meAndyou