First, I am sorry for the hardship you went thru and I am so glad you experienced kindness during that time.

Please note that my perspective and criticism of religion is not solely based on the Abrahamic faiths. If you recall there’s a genocide and conflict based on religion in Myanmar as well, and per my understanding there are a lot of militant Buddhists who are anti-Muslim. India, the birth place of Buddhism, is known for entrenched discrimination based on class and religion.

I acknowledge that there are lots of religious people who do good. The church in my area has been excellent at helping both feed and find permanent housing for local homeless people. However, religion as an institution is untrustworthy, misguided and authoritarian.

Regarding someone’s reply on spirituality: I am not a proponent of that either because I am not sure what to make of it. It all comes across as too silly to me (I’ve seen people try to heal with crystals powered by the moon, and if such things had healing power we’d know by now), but that’s just my opinion 🤷‍♀️

I am not judging individuals, what people do in their private lives is their business. They shouldn’t bring religion or spirituality into policy making for other groups of people who have other beliefs.