You believe in the separation of religion from government affairs, promoting equal treatment and freedom for all beliefs.
Secularism is a political ideology that advocates for the separation of religious institutions from the state. This ideology emphasizes the need for a clear distinction between government and religion, asserting that neither should interfere in the affairs of the other. Secularism promotes the idea that public activities and decisions, especially political ones, should be uninfluenced by religious beliefs and practices.
The roots of secularism can be traced back to ancient Greece, where philosophers like Epicurus proposed a world that was free from the influence of gods. However, the…
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Would society be more harmonious without government involvement in religion?
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The United States is a country where any religion is allowed and citizens can freely practice those religions, so the government should not be connected to any particular religion, but rather be a faith in the country itself, rather than a higher being, nor should it be legally forced.
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yes, religion was man-made and inserted false narratives about 'God"and thy Devil into your collective conscience. your government has zero right to manipulate individuals into thinking they must follow a bible or praise a MAN MADE jesus christ. we are connected and protected, by universal love.
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Yes their shouold be less governemtn involvment in religion its a free country and you shouold be able to believe in what you want to believe in.
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Religion and government need to be two totally separate things
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I couldn't disagree more completely. When the founding fathers separated church and state, they meant the state should not control the church not that the church should not control the state. Government will inevitably promote some form of moral agenda or religion – and let's face it, secularism is a faith-based belief in evolution, making it a religion – and why not push Christianity, which has proved most conducive to the liberties and happiness of a free people. PS: Before you attack me with talk of the "crusades" let me remind you that these were wars of self-defence against aggressive Islamists.
@VulcanMan6 6mos6MO
Nice try, but even the first amendment proves your initial argument wrong. Separation of church and state is incredibly good and important in keeping religion away from any kind of public legislation, because enforcing religious laws or values onto others is bad and wrong. Governments and law should always be exclusively secular.
Secondly, don't project your own belief's lack of evidence onto everyone else. Atheism, which you seem to have conflated with secularism, does not rely on faith to understand the objective reality of things like evolution or the age of the earth (without the… Read more
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Christianity offers the only rational explanation for the Laws of Logic. Without an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, all-powerful one true God to create the Universe, there could be no exception-less, universal logical laws as we see in the universe today. The atheist believes that nothing exists beyond the physical – there is no spiritual world or anything like that. But, I would then ask, are the Laws of Logic physical entities that we can see and touch? No. Therefore atheists who are using the Laws of Logic to argue against Creation are inadvertently proving that it's true, because, in their worldview, if it was consistent, they wouldn't be able to reason at all. They have to borrow from the theistic worldview in order to argue against it, which creates an absurdity. I await your response.
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