Religious intolerance

[otseng]

From Does systemic racism exist?:

Religious intolerance is 'bigger cause of prejudice than race', says report

Attitudes to faith said to drive negative perceptions more than ethnicity or nationality

Religion is the "final frontier" of personal prejudice, with attitudes to faith driving negative perceptions more than ethnicity or nationality, a report to be published tomorrow will say.

How We Get Along, a two-year study of diversity by the Woolf Institute, is due to conclude that most people are tolerant of those from different ethnic or national backgrounds, but many have negative attitudes based on religion.

Religion is a "red line" for many people, the study based on a survey of 11,700 adults in England and Wales will say. This is particularly so in the case of Muslims.

Almost three-quarters of non-black or Asian respondents said they were comfortable with a close relative marrying a black or Asian person, but only 43% were comfortable with a close relative marrying a Muslim.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... ays-report

Does this study effectively make the case that religious intolerance is a bigger cause of prejudice than race?

[bjs1]

[Replying to otseng in post #1]

Here is what could perhaps be the ultimate example of religious intolerance:

The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families

For some former Jehovah's Witnesses, leaving the faith is not just the mark of losing your religion - it can also mean losing your loved ones. In many cases, friends and family are told to cut all ties with ex-believers, leaving them isolated and sometimes suicidal.

"I don't speak to any of my family," Sarah - not her real name - tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.

"Because of being 'disfellowshipped', I can have no contact."

Last year, Sarah - in her 20s - was excluded by the Jehovah's Witnesses in a process known as "disfellowshipping", she says sparked by her refusal to live in an abusive relationship.

She claims her partner at the time had been violent towards her, at one stage leaving her with broken ribs.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40704990

Of course the JWs aren't the only ones to practice this extreme form of religious intolerance. Amish have a similar form of it and even some Evangelicals practice their form, though much less formal, of religious intolerance.

The ultimate evidence is when one religious group claims that those don't follow their particular form of worship will end up in eternal damnation. I've yet to encounter any racists who make a similar claim.


Tcg

To be clear, the study found the people are intolerant towards religion, not because of their religion.

[gadfly]

From Does systemic racism exist?:

Religious intolerance is 'bigger cause of prejudice than race', says report

Attitudes to faith said to drive negative perceptions more than ethnicity or nationality

Religion is the "final frontier" of personal prejudice, with attitudes to faith driving negative perceptions more than ethnicity or nationality, a report to be published tomorrow will say.

How We Get Along, a two-year study of diversity by the Woolf Institute, is due to conclude that most people are tolerant of those from different ethnic or national backgrounds, but many have negative attitudes based on religion.

Religion is a "red line" for many people, the study based on a survey of 11,700 adults in England and Wales will say. This is particularly so in the case of Muslims.

Almost three-quarters of non-black or Asian respondents said they were comfortable with a close relative marrying a black or Asian person, but only 43% were comfortable with a close relative marrying a Muslim.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... ays-report

Does this study effectively make the case that religious intolerance is a bigger cause of prejudice than race?

The study seems to suggest that if a Christian and Muslim do not wish to marry each other because of their beliefs, they both must be prejudice (i.e. irrational). I would argue they are both being highly practical. I would argue that the study assumes religious beliefs are subjective: like preferring ales over lagers. Non-religious people might relate to the whole problem by considering two people who refuse to marry each other because "the one believes the earth is flat and modern medicine a superstition, while the other thinks the world round and modern medicine supported by evidence". Are they "prejudice"? Or do they simply have disagreements that are not reconcilable?