Reading about the death of Ben Bakers family members in Haiti in an OP here.

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35. I don't think that it's Trump's influence that brings out the hate on this topic,

although he has generally been normalizing hatred and cruel language.

There are some people whose dislike of religion is just as zealous as religious prosyletizers who promote region to others. They are the equivalent of Jehovah's Witnesses from the atheist side. Just like some religious people can't resist putting God or a Bible quote into every topic, there are anti religious people who can't resist putting their hatred of religion into every topic.

I am critical of religion forcing itself on people. I am strongly opposed to Christian nationalism trying to replace secular government with a theocracy. But I am also opposed to the other extreme of trying to impose anti religion on everyone.

I personally don't like missions that exist for the purpose of converting people to a particular faith. But I also know that there are some religious people who are willing to give aid to people in need because it is the right, caring thing to do according to their beliefs, without proselytizing.

But, I've learned that it is just as pointless to try to discuss anything with a belligerent anti-religionist as it is to discuss politics with a MAGA.

I often wonder how they reconcile their hatred of religion and religious people with support for Democratic politicians who practice a religious faith, like Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Raphael Warnock, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, etc. How do they reconcile their hatred and contempt for religious leaders with their support for civil rights and the movement led by the Baptist minister, MLK? If they are Democrats, I am guessing that they do support those people.

How do they reconcile their claimed commitment to rationalism with irrational hatred and glee over the deaths of people they don't know, based only on knowing that the deceased were religious believers trying to aid people in a horrifically chaotic environment?