Religion
In reply to the discussion: Please note: [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)Criticizing republican beliefs and those that hold them is expected on this board. It's part of it's mission. However, prejudging all republicans probably would fit the criteria for bigotry, although we may say it is justified.
Criticizing stated beliefs and those that hold them can most certainly be bigotry. The word apparently derived from an incident involving both politics and religion.
You say religion isn't akin to culture by definition. What is your definition of religion then? Does culture not include rituals and symbols? Can not one adopt a culture they were not born into or reject one that they were? Culture is often a belief system.
Prejudging all people who hold religious beliefs and labeling them as having psychiatric disorders could most certainly be considered bigotry, just as it might be for those that pre-judge non-believers.