(March 31, 2021 at 3:40 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Racism is called "racism", but discrimination against a religion is called "xenophobia".
Why is it not called "religionism" ?
i'm sure someone has pointed this out already but just incase..
xenophobia
- n.
A fear of strangers or foreigners.
- n.
A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.
- n.
a fear of foreigners or strangers
so why isn't religion called religionism meant as a identifier of hate? because religion is not intrinsically hateful. rather in some religions hate can be identified like xenophobia or even racism but the idea of all religion needs to be identified as a form of hate is not an intellectually honest assessment of all religion.