Is one's religion simply not just based off their geographic location?
‼️this is just a little rant about my thoughts as an atheist‼️(sorry for any errors, English isn't my first language)
A discussion I had with a friend of mine recently was based on this. If you're born in places like USA, you're religion is likely to be Christianity. If you're born somewhere in south Asia, youre likely to be Hindu or Muslim. Most people follow the religion they do now simply because it was what they were taught growing up. Not a lot actually take a moment to critically think about the possibility of being a part of the "wrong" religion. Is this simply not just blind faith? Why should being born into something become the absolute truth for you, knowing there's a myriad of different perspectives out there? What even makes religious people so sure they've been born and brought by the correct religion that will lead them to heaven?
Even people that claim they've objectively looked at all other religions and still chose the one theyre born into are still biased, or simply afraid to go against the social system thats raised them. Even if they do strongly believe in that religion, what are the chances they'd still believe in it if they were just born in a different country? Do religious people not see just how much being born into something determines their attitude towards religion for the rest of their life unless they genuinely take a step back and critically think and realise how all religions clash and there's no guarantee you've picked the right one.
So many people claim they've personally felt God or that they have been convinced by some sort of evidence to rationalise their belief. How can this all make sense if multiple people from different religions claim this? According to Christians, there is only one God, making any other religion untrue. So how exactly does it make sense for people from multiple different religions to claim evidence for their own God? Do religious people not take a step back and actually judge with an objective lens and realise just how much all of this doesn't make sense?
Almost all religions, if not all support misogyny to some extent. Whether misogyny is solidified or not in official religious documents, I'm sure a human with enough knowledge about the past would know of the horrible things done to women in the name of religion. Even if a lot of violent and unreasonable religious practices are left in the past, it is still caused religion itself being inherently sexist and allowing for such treatment. Hinduism had 'Sati' in the past, where countless widows were burnt to death after their husband died in order to remain loyal and pure. Christianity literally justifies women suffering in childbirth and social subordination as a divine decree. Do I even need to say anything about the misogyny in Islam judging by countries such as Afghanistan?
The big religions even nowadays still put responsibility on women for making sure they remain "pure" and "modest". This standard primarily only applies to women, and not men. Do religious women not notice the difference in attitudes towards different genders?