I'm a little late but I'll throw my two pennies for religion.
I live in a country that had a low level conflict over two branches of Christianity and reunification and all that. I've went to a Catholic school and disowned a parent over some of his beliefs.
I become atheist at 13 after watching some space documentaries and after seeing how violent planets and stars form, I realised a God couldn't do that.
Although I do think sometimes if their some sort of fates hand guiding me. And what's after death though.
Some people genuinely think their religion can "cure" anything, autism included.
Never forget Hanlon's razor.
I've guessing you heard about the ropeworms and the bleach that someone used to cure their child of autism but instead almost killed them? I hate hearing about the cure for autism having it myself.
Not all Christians are bad people but
Hoo boy
The bad ones are EXTRA spicy.
I've unfortunately had to privilege to meet some crazies of religion on both sides of the Atlantic including one believing a certain leader was connected to God.
Its the one's who connected it to Politics give some of religious a bad name.
This is why I refuse to use the word when referring to my beliefs. The connotation is too negative.
Then there's the fact I don't just blindly believe everything a pastor/the Bible says as fact because I'm aware of human error.
Hell, my best friend and girlfriend is bi, so to condemn her for just being herself would be wrong. Instead, I love and support her and all the LGBTQ community.
As someone who has friends with different sexualities, it annoys me that people hate on them.
And honestly its like race. Why do the hell do some strangers get angry or attack people because of their colour or sexuality.
Learn some humility I say.