RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 21, 2016 at 1:01 pm
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2016 at 1:07 pm by Tiberius.)
I get where there can be disagreement over secularism though, because it can be used to describe multiple things. For instance, although Denmark's government is not secular, it's people are. The same thing applies to the UK, where the government is undeniably not secular (state church, mandatory bishops in the House of Lords, head of state is head of church) but its people are for the most part either not religious or don't really care about religion too much.
So saying "Denmark is a secular country" is a weird ambiguous statement because it really depends on how you classify a country, by it's government or by it's people. When describing a country however, I would say most of the time you are talking about the government, or how the government runs things. For example, "North Korea is a fascist country" is a description more of the government of North Korea than its citizens.
So saying "Denmark is a secular country" is a weird ambiguous statement because it really depends on how you classify a country, by it's government or by it's people. When describing a country however, I would say most of the time you are talking about the government, or how the government runs things. For example, "North Korea is a fascist country" is a description more of the government of North Korea than its citizens.
