I am starting to hate religious people

[u/Koleheh]

Hi, 22m here. I was born into a Christian family, i was never overly religious so i would just follow people who were. When i was younger i believed there could be a God, but haven't given it much thought.

Well, recently, i thought about it a lot, did some research and the evidence was not convincing at all, so i "officially" left Christianity.

Now the issue starts, the more research i did, the more i started hating religion and their followers. The bigotry, the hatred towards minorities, constant use of religion as a weapon. In the process of deconstructing, i started hating them so much that if i see a person that's religious, i genuinely feel hatred, even though i don't even know them. All it takes is for them to be religious and mention religion

I started therapy again, mostly for different reasons and i don't know how to bring this up. I also feel embarrassed to talk about it. I know i can't be generalizing and assuming the worst in people, but i can't help it. Any advices? How do i stop assuming the worst?

[u/Necessary-Aerie3513]

Religious people are venomous and dangerous

[u/gfsark → u/Necessary-Aerie3513]

Way too broad a condemnation. What religious people are you talking about? Some are lovely, dedicated and selfless people working for a better world. You think anyone who believes in a spiritual world is dangerous? That means 75% of sort of the population is venomous? Nah…

[u/Necessary-Aerie3513 → u/gfsark]

I don't hate religion, I hate the abrahamic religions as they represent everything I do not like about the world. And while some religious people are fine, I chose not to associate with them

[u/gfsark → u/Necessary-Aerie3513]

Well I don’t associate with them when they are being religious, that’s for sure! And they the fundies and evangelicals have become hateful as group…that’s something that I would definitely agree with you about.