i'm sorry, but i just don't see it. people being "inspired" to kill somebody thanks to fiction is so rare, especially in comparison to how religion has made things pretty consistently shit for women/gay people/etc. i know it's not the fault of every religious person today, and i'm not blaming the ones who are progressive and nice, but i cannot find it in myself to think religion is just great when it's had nothing but a negative impact on my life and an even worse one for millions of other people. i can't open my arms and embrace religion when i'm viewed as less than human and banned from marrying the person i love because ~god said so~, or when people are just so stunned and condescending if i say i'm atheist (note that i don't say anything negative to religious people irl), or how it's muddled our views on morality so we're afraid to put a stop to people's suffering because it's "disrespectful," or when i hear about the unspeakable shit happening in other countries because of religion. and what gets me in this thread is that religion has been in control since ever, atheists are the most hated group in america (http://www.soc.umn.edu/~hartmann/files/atheist%20as%20the%20other.pdf), and then religious people act like they're oppressed martyrs because people make pissy remarks in fandom?

i'm sorry i snapped, and i understand that there's nice people out there. but when somebody talks about their religion (particularly when i don't know them), it's just... off-putting.