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In reply to the discussion: Kick if you agree with this assessment about the influence of religion on people. [View all]Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)I think that there are a lot of people here who have had bad experiences with toxic forms of religion, and this has led them to over-generalize. It's also fashionable in some circles to be dismissive of religion, especially among people at either extreme: those who have had experiences with the toxic forms or those who have had no experience at all.
My experiences with religion and religious people have been overwhelmingly positive.
YMMV.
But Dawkins' statement is a broad brush, sort of like the things that some religious people say about atheists. If you're an atheist and don't like the ignorant things that some religious people say about you, why is it then acceptable to make sweeping (and sometimes ignorant) generalizations about religious people?