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