Is Black Lives Matter a religious movement? [Spirituality & Religion]

I don’t mean literally - just whether is shares similar characteristics; chanting, kneeling, ive even heard the rhetoric “original sin” used by activists referring to country’s built on slavery/imperialism etc.

Historically, times of great stress such as pandemics/wars very often lead to religious revivals. Except society is a lot more atheistic nowadays so this is more of secularised political revival.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=368&v=zT_0SULHCJI&feature=emb_title

According to the two women who were part of the SJW crowd, yes BLM and antifa and all other SJWs are part of a religious cult. I agree with them. This has nothing to do with the pandemic nor the death of a guy in police custody. This is the result of massive indoctrination efforts by academe. Leftism is a death cult much like Jim Jones and all the other kooks that have gone before. Witness the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China, Cambodia etc. Mass deaths occur when ever the left takes over.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

The black lives matter movement is not at all religious as far as I can make out in fact it seems to me far more politically motivated

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@hippyjoe1955

This is from About section on the same website

[quote]#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.

We are expansive. We are a collective of liberators who believe in an inclusive and spacious movement. We also believe that in order to win and bring as many people with us along the way, we must move beyond the narrow nationalism that is all too prevalent in Black communities. We must ensure we are building a movement that brings all of us to the front.

We affirm the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks with records, women, and all Black lives along the gender spectrum. Our network centers those who have been marginalized within Black liberation movements.

We are working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically targeted for demise.

We affirm our humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.

The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation.[/quote]

No where did I see the quote you posted.