First, I don’t know where I have to put this kind of question on Lemmy so I’m asking it here. Marx viewed religion as a negative force, often referring to it as the ‘opiate of the masses.’ If someone is religious and also identifies as a Marxist, do you think that’s contradictory, or is it just a matter of mislabeling themselves? Would it be more accurate for them to call themselves a socialist instead of a Marxist?
Of course your are religious if you “honor god the best you can”.
Perhaps we have different definitions of the word “religious,” but this statement is just nonsensical to atheists. It would be like saying, “I don’t believe in Santa Claus, but I honor Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the best I can.” It’s just nonsense.
It’s the term “religious”/“religion” that messes up the exchange. It’s not an “unironic” term. Strictly speaking, it implies there is a willingness to deviate when an individual applies it. It would be comparable to talking about calling oneself “weird”; in most places, doing that would make people think “so are you that way on purpose”. I was trying to swerve it because I do genuinely adhere to God and it gives vibes like I’m not who I am based on experience.