moderate muslims and moderate christians are essentially indistinguishable from each other. so, if i'm violently opposed to moderate christianity, it follows that i should be equally opposed to moderate islam, for all of the same reasons.

likewise, fundamentalist muslims are indistinguishable from nazis. so, if i'm opposed to nazism, i need to oppose islam, too, for the same reasons.

this isn't going to make sense to conservatives, and i get that, but it's because they don't understand history very well. they think western culture is a product of christianity (!?), rather than the dismantling of it. the french revolution never happened. the russian revolution never happened. the enlightenment never happened. the renaissance never happened. the reformation didn't even happen. they just have this imaginary construct called "christendom" that never actually existed, and they erect these imaginary constructs of history around it.

real history is very different, and it pulls the rug out from under conservatism pretty viciously.

so, what does a post-religionist do in this reality of collapse happening around her?

well, the proper historical example is to look at how pagans reacted to the rise of christianity, and try to learn lessons from it.

the first and most important thing is to protect the knowledge, because they're going to come looking to destroy it. books. records. data. just hide it somewhere, as best you can. this, too, shall pass, and we don't want to let them wipe out history, in the meantime. the negative effects of christianity would have been dramatically lessened if they hadn't burned all of the history, science and philosophy books. so, that's priority number one: protect the data.

the second thing to realize is that, if they're allowed, they'll just kill you if they can. so, you need to find ways to exist without the religious authorities coming to get you and throwing you in jail, then sentencing you to death in an unfair show trial. it's important to maintain a concept of privacy.

here's a little known fact: cryptography, as we understand it, was invented to prevent the church from destroying science. scientists were not able to communicate freely, so they would encrypt their writings with a cypher that only the recipient could understand. that way, they could get their writings through checkpoints and raids without it being seized and burned. that kind of attitude is likely going to be necessary, but try to get a little out of the box; a public key, for example, is not the best idea. be security-minded, because they're coming for you, in time, if they're allowed to.

while i won't condemn the bombing of mosques because i support a diversity of tactics, i would suggest tactics that are a little more productive than that. plus, killing yourself is just stupid. you're not of much use to anybody when you're dead.

for now, i'd recommend mostly just being aware of what's happening around you, and being cognizant that some adjustments may be necessary in the short run.

in the long run, science wins by presenting superior arguments, and that's how we'll have to defeat these new islamic christofascists, in the end.