# Bigotry versus genuine religious belief

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434 "2020-09-24T18:43:29Z")
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### Author: ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434/96 "2020-09-26T16:12:43Z")

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> [@Pantastic](#):
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> Bigots routinely pick and choose which parts of their religion to have ‘genuine religious belief’ in and somehow, coincidentally, their genuine, religious belief compelled by God himself exactly matches their personal prejudices so well.

‘You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.’

– Anne Lamott

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