A pet peeve

I've been reading a bit of dingbat spiritualism (The Secret - I'm looking at you), and I've been wanting to write about why I think I'm more anti-spiritualist, than an atheist (or maybe agressive materialist would be the best way to describe it). But before I do that I have a rant I have to get out of the way first.

One weird feature of the left, probably going back to the 1960s, is a completely inexplicable view that Eastern religions are in some way better than Abrahamic religions. While this is less strong than it was, you can still see it, particularly in the way the Dalai Lama is treated.

Every major religion, every religion that has ever had any power, served the interests of the ruling class. Religions can and do justify existing power structure sand give people reasons not to fight back. While most religions also have ideas that undermine those power structures, all major religions spend most of their time upholding existing power structures. If you like meditating then go for it, but don't pretend it's that different from saying the rosary.

Having got that out of the way, I should be able to get on to why I really hate religion sometime in the next few days.