There is a lot to crticize about religion but this isn't really worth getting upset about. An annual celebration might be as culturally significant as it is religiously so. Leave them alone about it if its harmless.
How do I put this. You're looking real anthropologically ignorant right now. If the cultural practice isnt harmful the by far easiest and tactful thing to do isnnot comment upon it.
This is actually fucking disgusting. Your really shitting on the culture of a people you clearly don't understand, because you want to losely tie it into the fact that you (think) your better than the average person simply because you don't follow a religion. Believe what you want, and portray yourself how you want, but don't fucking use indigenous cultures as stepping stones to point out your beliefs.
Go back to Reddit with this shit, man.
Religion is an idea and ideas don't inherently deserve respect. Anyone walking over anything to gain some sort of protection is ridiculous and should be treated as such. It is ok if you feel different but it's worriesome that you are directly attacking others like that.
The culture of other people, and by proxy their religion, does deserve respect. We are talking about tradition that has been passed from generation upon generation. This inheritely demands respect, assuming your not a redditor who sees themselves as above everyone else.
You are reducing my point of "cultures inheritely demand respect for its generational perseverance" down to "I am right"
You either can't think of a valid argument against my point, or you somehow gained enough compassion to not want to argue that other people's culture is not inheritely respectable.
