Thread by @kushal_mehra

If you're an "Ex Hindu" atheist you're just an unoriginal wannabe. The least you can do is be original. You're high on the recent Ex Muslim cool aid and want to cash in on that. Don't expect respect from me. Ex Muslims are an original concept. Ex Hindus are a cheap imitation.

Cheap imitations need to be called out. Original concepts need to be respected in my world. I could care less about "Ex Hindus". To me they're basically phuddus. Now I hope they read these tweets & come out of their closets which will also be like Ex Muslims as they're copycats😈

If you're one of those phuddus oops Ex Hindus reading this learn to be original. Let me share my personal journey. My own exploration with atheism started when I was 18. I started off with what I call "Wannabe Atheism". Most people fall in this category. They just think it's cool

So from 18 to 25 or 26 I was an atheist. Then I joined two forums online a. Richard Dawkins & b. Nirmukta. I thought like every other atheist Hindus are not my tribe so let me go here. But I always believed in one thing i.e. honest criticism of religions.

But what I found there was a bunch of angry people who really were not interested in some serious discussions. These were angry people, angry at society or their religion. But I was not angry. I would question their anger. Guess what! I got thrown out from an online atheist forum

And they threw me out because I was "converting" people to my style of focused and intellectual atheism. Eventually I started reading Indian philosophy & I realised my cultural experience is not that of a Muslim or Christian. I left those forums and found my family. It is Hindus.

If you think you'll find peace of mind being an Ex Hindu go for it. Be a copy cat. But let me tell you most don't, since I've become vocal about my Nireswarvaadi leanings I've actually had people from those Ex ABC forums telling me "hey man we're like you".

You'll be shocked but I get atheists from Pakistan messaging me privately on Facebook where they tell me things like "we find your method more appealing than ex muslims". I don't even know how to respond to them. I just say thanks and move on.

The Dharmic Templates beauty is that it has created space for two contradictory ideas to survive simultaneously. Now why would anyone want to dump that and accept the Abrahamic template of either this or that is beyond me. But I guess it gets clicks here.

I've spent enough time with atheists to realise they're just incapable of seeing the deficiency in their operating system. I could care less now. I wish them the best in life. But if you're going to mock Hindu Atheists I'll mock Ex Hindus too. Ex Hindus are phuddu copy cats.

Ex Hindus are like those lame wannabes who named Hindi Cinema Bollywood. Ex Hindus are those insecure idiots who don't get a sense of achievement until the west tells them "you rock". Ex Hindus are intellectual slaves. Don't be a Ex Hindu. Be a Nireswarvaadi & question everything

And if there are any online Ex Hindu forums please share this thread with them and tell them Kushal Mehra says "kiss my ass you wannabe".