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Originally Posted by Jonathan
John Adams didn't own any slaves, and he was able to somehow have an opinion. Oppression is an arbitrary concept anyway. There are people who view the concept of any social contract at all as "oppression". No matter what, someone is going to weep softly and blog about it, or post Gene Wilder image macros in tumblr or whatever the fuck it is that kids do these days.
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You know what I meant, and oppression isn't arbitrary or subjective. 34% of age black men in Alabama are not allowed to vote, for example. That's racist and that's not internet whining. Only certain people with certain privileges are guaranteed a say regardless of their religious views or whether they're educated.
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By cultivating critical thinking and the ability to separate reality from fantasy. Being trapped in a superstitious paradigm is self-delusion at best, and in too many cases actively detrimental to others.
In one sense, whatever random foolishness a given person ascribes to doesn't matter. It's only when those beliefs materialize into actions that negatively impact others that they mean anything.
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Like your racism or ableism? Which I assumed isn't based on religion?