I have recently decided to completely adopt the status of Atheist. It's not that I believed in a god until now, but there was something nice in the thought of belonging to a special heritage, the underdog of monotheism - Judaism.
However, I recently came to the realization that all Theistic religions have the premise of intolerance towards non-believers and believers of other faiths. Since I have long established to be intolerant of intolerant ideologies, I think theistic religions have to be included in my intolerance list, otherwise I'm a big phony hypocrite.
The problem is that a part of the intolerance will probably include actions that will offend others (like not wearing a yamaka during religious holiday prayers). Being intolerant towards an anonymous mass is way easier than being intolerant to grandma. However, I am already veteran at this due to my Veganism phase, so the shock value shouldn't be as massive for this one.
Some of you may have seen my messenger title "I'm not an Atheist, I'm an a-Theist". It was a little pun intended at having people talk to me about atheism, so I could refine my perspective on it, and it totally worked! Thanks for the help, everyone!
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