Minorities and mental stress due to your religion

[Anonymous]

Don’t read that stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Judaism is more than a religion, it is a peoplehood. We are a nation. Jews are born Jewish or can convert to Judaism. Non-observant Jews are Jews. Observant Jews are Jews. Once a Jew, always a Jew. The best way to preserve mental health is not to read social media or newspapers and to stay off sites like this one.

One can choose to not identify as Jewish or Christian or whatever. It's not indelible.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are seen or treated differently than majority due to your religious affiliation, does it effects your mental health? Does hateful comments by paranoid bigots and bots on internet sadden you? Especially if you are Mormin, Jewish, Muslim or Hindu, how do you protect your own and your family's mental peace?

Being an atheist doesn't affect my mental health (although I do feel better no longer believing in God), but I often don't tell people because they are shocked and some try to convince me to be religious again. I prefer to not to talk about it, except with other atheists and on line.

In contrast, there are people who seem to love telling others that they are atheist. They love seeing the shock in their eyes.

It's not the kind of thing that people expect in regular conversation. Even if they don't believe in God themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get your posts. These are not equivalent questions.

Your religious affiliation is by choice.

Your physical identity and racial/ethnic background is how you are. No one has a choice in that.

You can change the first one. You can't change the second.

So it's ok to discriminate and be hateful to someone based on their religion? Wow, Randy Fine would be proud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Judaism is more than a religion, it is a peoplehood. We are a nation. Jews are born Jewish or can convert to Judaism. Non-observant Jews are Jews. Observant Jews are Jews. Once a Jew, always a Jew. The best way to preserve mental health is not to read social media or newspapers and to stay off sites like this one.

Yes, you're so very special and worthy of all of the special treatment you get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are seen or treated differently than majority due to your religious affiliation, does it effects your mental health? Does hateful comments by paranoid bigots and bots on internet sadden you? Especially if you are Mormin, Jewish, Muslim or Hindu, how do you protect your own and your family's mental peace?

Being an atheist doesn't affect my mental health (although I do feel better no longer believing in God), but I often don't tell people because they are shocked and some try to convince me to be religious again. I prefer to not to talk about it, except with other atheists and on line.

In contrast, there are people who seem to love telling others that they are atheist. They love seeing the shock in their eyes.

It's not the kind of thing that people expect in regular conversation. Even if they don't believe in God themselves.

It depends on where you live and your circle. I was shocked when a friend came out to me as a believer who took the word of the Bible literally. I honestly thought she was joking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get your posts. These are not equivalent questions.

Your religious affiliation is by choice.

Your physical identity and racial/ethnic background is how you are. No one has a choice in that.

You can change the first one. You can't change the second.

So it's ok to discriminate and be hateful to someone based on their religion? Wow, Randy Fine would be proud.

Huh?

Where did PP indicate discrimination was okay in any form?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get your posts. These are not equivalent questions.

Your religious affiliation is by choice.

Your physical identity and racial/ethnic background is how you are. No one has a choice in that.

You can change the first one. You can't change the second.

So it's ok to discriminate and be hateful to someone based on their religion? Wow, Randy Fine would be proud.

Huh?

Where did PP indicate discrimination was okay in any form?

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Judaism is more than a religion, it is a peoplehood. We are a nation. Jews are born Jewish or can convert to Judaism. Non-observant Jews are Jews. Observant Jews are Jews. Once a Jew, always a Jew. The best way to preserve mental health is not to read social media or newspapers and to stay off sites like this one.

This begs the question, who is your fellow man?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are seen or treated differently than majority due to your religious affiliation, does it effects your mental health? Does hateful comments by paranoid bigots and bots on internet sadden you? Especially if you are Mormin, Jewish, Muslim or Hindu, how do you protect your own and your family's mental peace?

Being an atheist doesn't affect my mental health (although I do feel better no longer believing in God), but I often don't tell people because they are shocked and some try to convince me to be religious again. I prefer to not to talk about it, except with other atheists and on line.

In contrast, there are people who seem to love telling others that they are atheist. They love seeing the shock in their eyes.

It's not the kind of thing that people expect in regular conversation. Even if they don't believe in God themselves.

It depends on where you live and your circle. I was shocked when a friend came out to me as a believer who took the word of the Bible literally. I honestly thought she was joking.

ANd people who do take the word of the Bible literally are proud of their ignorance and think that you might take it literally too, if someone you know does. It's all so stupid.

[Anonymous]

Getting discriminated due to how you look or pray ir speak is no fun and if its happening often, it does lead to anxiety or depression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Getting discriminated due to how you look or pray ir speak is no fun and if its happening often, it does lead to anxiety or depression.

seems like your choices in that situation are to change how you pray or speak, at least when around people who discriminate. Of course, you can't change the color of your skin and maybe not your accent, so avoid such people or work at not letting them get to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Getting discriminated due to how you look or pray ir speak is no fun and if its happening often, it does lead to anxiety or depression.

Try telling people that you don't believe in God. That's no fun either. There's lots of discrimination out there, regardless of what you believe. Only Christianity is really in right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Judaism is more than a religion, it is a peoplehood. We are a nation. Jews are born Jewish or can convert to Judaism. Non-observant Jews are Jews. Observant Jews are Jews. Once a Jew, always a Jew. The best way to preserve mental health is not to read social media or newspapers and to stay off sites like this one.

This begs the question, who is your fellow man?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting discriminated due to how you look or pray ir speak is no fun and if its happening often, it does lead to anxiety or depression.

Try telling people that you don't believe in God. That's no fun either. There's lots of discrimination out there, regardless of what you believe. Only Christianity is really in right now.

Obviously it depends on where you live.