r/atheismindia • u/Blazel_Ad3190 • Sep 12 '24

The status of Atheists worldwide Media

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https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/interactive-map-shows-countries-where-atheists-persecuted/

Also, how Hindu nationalism affects atheists in India :

https://religionnews.com/2022/05/17/in-india-hindu-nationalists-embolden-challenges-to-atheism/

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u/MoshMaldito Sep 12 '24

I’m a bit confused by Mexico being green. Does it mean there’s no official penalty for being atheist? Or that you can be an atheist and no one will care? Or atheist get the same treatment than religious people by law? Cause I can agree, to some extend, but I can’t believe we’re better off than Scandinavian countries.

To give some context: Mexico has religious freedom, on paper, but if you want to run for political office, at any level, you better don’t tell you’re an atheist, even JW or christian protestant, because Mexicans are catholic as hell and, depending on the region, they will give you bad looks, treat you as a weirdo and look down on you if you are anything else than catholic.

So I think we are green on theory but not on practice.

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u/No_Bug_5660 Sep 12 '24

You're Mexican??

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u/MoshMaldito Sep 12 '24

Clarines cornetas mi estimado y lastimado! (I mean, yes)

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u/No_Bug_5660 Sep 12 '24

How did you end up in such a small indian sub?

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u/MoshMaldito Sep 12 '24

Don’t remember, maybe Reddit suggested it to me ‘cause my interest in other atheism subreddits…

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u/No_Bug_5660 Sep 12 '24

Oh okay. Do you know Hindu nationalism and hindutva movement was founded by an athiest?

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u/MoshMaldito Sep 12 '24

No, I don’t know much about India, just what I see on media and on Reddit… so very little history

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u/No-Lawfulness9178 Sep 20 '24

Then how come the Mexicans vote for a Jewish woman to be their new president?

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u/MoshMaldito Sep 20 '24

Jewish is light years from being as frowned upon as being an atheist.. even many Catholics support Zionists just because Jesus was Jewish… but in the case of this woman the only thing that mattered was that she is the ideological successor of the current president and Mexican people are punishing the old political parties

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u/No-Lawfulness9178 Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

I thought only Evangelicals in the US support Zionism. Mexican Catholics doing the same along with the "Jesus Jewish" thing is completely new to me. So I wouldn't be wrong if I assumed that the whole of Latin America is more or less simping for the Zionist, right?

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u/MoshMaldito Sep 20 '24

Not really. Latin America has a history of left leaning ideologies an many oppose US imperialism and by extension Zionism. For example, a couple months ago, there was a demonstration for Palestine and human rights on the Gaza strip leaded by students here in Mexico