What is worse: criticising someone for their religion or their race

If it was a forced choice, I'd pick race purely because of the suggestions other users have posted, that it is determined from birth, and religion isn't.

However, I believe they're as bad as eachother as criticising somebody for something as petty as religion or race just shows how much of an ******** you are, and how you're failing to look deeper into who that person is (i.e. you can get religious people like Abu Bakr al-Bagdadi who'll use their religion for bad, and then you can nice religious people like Nadiya Hussain who'll show there's good in every group).

Both are bad because both are quite ignorant stances.
You see, with most Abrahamaic religions, you can pretty much pick and choose whatever you want and still be called Muslim/Christian/Jew. In fact, for Christianity all you have to do is believe in Jesus, and for Islam all you have to do is give money to the poor and do a few silly rituals. The fact that a person is a Muslim, devout or not, tells you nothing about which parts of the Quran or the Hadith they follow. However, it does tell you one thing, whenever I see a nice Muslim, I can make the correct conclusion that they're either intellectually dishonest with themselves, cognitively dissonant, ignorant about Islam or just plain stupid, for if you're going to cherry pick the nice things then why the hell do you need to be a Muslim then? But then again I remember how strong indoctrination is when it comes to religion and it all kinda make sense.

Not really petty, religion often forms a big part of someone's identity.

What do you mean? Criticising a person purely because of their race is wrong. Criticising a religion is fine but if you are doing it simply to undermine a person then that is wrong too.



I disagree. You shouldn't judge someone that quickly. Let's use Islam as an example. There are many questionable things written both in the hadiths and the Quran but some of the nicest people I have met and most of my close friends are Muslims (and they take their religion quite seriously). With religion, it really does depend on how people interpret it. Some take the words literally and turn into 'extremists' whilst others focus more on the pleasant parts and turn out to be great individuals.

Criticising race is worse.



Or that nice Muslim is not ignorant but just follows a different interpretation of the one you believe Islam to be.

Which is worse? Criticizing someone for the religion they follow or the skin colour they are born with?

You don't choose your race but you do choose your religion.

What about little kids brought up in religion who've been brainwashed to believe and follow it?

They don't really 'choose' it in the normal sense of having free will.

When they are older they can choose.

But yes brainwashing children is clearly wrong but doesn't negate the fact a person religion is a choice

They can, but often it's been so ingrained in them that their free will is really hampered. If you're told day in day out that something is true and that if you don't beleive in it you'll go to hell and your family will disown you, it makes it not so black and white.

Bringing someone up in religion is clearly brainwashing but the blame should be pointed at the religion itself rather than the victims of brainwashing.

Then as a society we have much more to do to bring this message to the abused victims of this backwardness

They need to know and be supported in their own choice and those who deny them their choice should be dealt with severely.

It's the reason I think all faith schools should be banned and turned into secular schools. Faith schools are among the biggest culprits in brainwashing.

Why do you need to criticize?

because of empathy with the victims and a dislike of the ideology that promotes slaughter such as this.

but tell why we shouldn't