I agree with you on the western religious tradition, but I think it's less true for the secular west today.

With ample exceptions of course, a stereotypical "secular" person thinks of their ancestors as racist people that lived in an irrelevant time, and doesn't feel some sort of connection to them, or an obligation to continue them. So I think the poster you're replying to is kinda correct from a today point of view.

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SketchySeaBeast 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

> a typical "secular" person thinks of their ancestors as racist people that lived in an irrelevant time,

I think you missed the "stereo" in front of your "typical".

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xyzelement 5 days ago | parent [-]

I went ahead and added that "stereo" to my comment. I think you're right, but I also think that stereotype is grounded in reality with a lot of empirical observation. So yes, not exclusive but certainly common.

	▲	SketchySeaBeast 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well, as a secular individual whose friend group is mostly secular people, I haven't see people express such black and white opinions, but I'm guessing we move in different circles. As far as observation is concerned, we tend to see what we want to see, don't we?

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watwut 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Your made up straw man secular person is, frankly, ridiculous. Like, we all get it, conservative Christians hate the rest of us and look down on us. Duh.