I have no problem with atheist but if you think all the problems of the world will magically go away if there was no religion, then you are painfully naive about how the world works.
We don't have a religion problem, we have a HUMAN problem.
People who want greed, power, control, etc. Even if there was no religion, they would still find ways yo manipulate people. There are also good religious people who actually do live their lives helping others while doing the best they can to serve their communities as to honor God. These people shouldn't be villified.
As someone who is working on a career to become a scientist, please understand that scientific illiteracy may be rampant in religious communities but it's not much better for nonreligious individuals. I heard some of the most scientifically ignorant statements from nonreligious people who simply refuse to believe otherwise. Alternative medicine nonsense, I heard the government has the cure to cancer and is "hiding it", fluoride is being used to "control" us, genetically modified food is a giant conspiracy, vaccines causes autism and is used to keep us sick, melanin theory, "big pharma" hates natural cures because it actually works and posses a threat to their profits, etc.
Fighting discrimination has to be based on logic, constructive discussions, increasing diversity, accurate data, love and careful reasoning. There are religious people that are ardent antiracist while there are plenty of atheist who hate black people and think they are "genetically inferior". As a black science major back in college, I personally met some really cool atheist who viewed me as an equal that I became great friends with and others atheist who didn't think black people were as intelligent or good as white people therefore black people should be kept away from doing science. I've met christians who were bigger antiracist than me and other christians who thought the "NAACP is an anti-white organization out to destroy the white race". Again, It's not a religious issue, it's a human one. Blaming religion is an intellectual copout. There are some people who are racist white supremacist, they will be racist regardless of their religious preferences. Changing, their religious views won't fix them, changing their views about race WILL. Changing their religious views is only a bandaid over a shotgun wound.
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James Watson is an atheist who is the famous scientist with Francis Crick who discovered the double helix shape of DNA. He is a white supremacist and has openly said believes that black people are "genetically inferior" to the white race and they less intelligent. This is why he is black balled from the scientific community despite contributing such a huge milestone to our scientific process. Stephen Jay Gould was an atheist before he passed away and he was the guy who discovered punctuated equilibrium. He wrote an entire book completely dismantling scientific racism and destroys the argument that black people are "genetically inferior".
Again BOTH of these people are atheist with two radically different views on black people. Please don't get caught up in trying to slander religion that you forget that racism is a HUMAN problem and will need to have a more nuanced approach in order to combat it with REAL solutions, not just feel good anti-theist rhetoric.
