(December 18, 2018 at 3:03 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Secularism is the likely baby of just about every member of this board. A secular state is a defacto "atheist state". There's no need to jump through any soviet hoops to get there.
Humanism is about stressing the importance and primacy of mans needs over the desires of the supernatural. As it relates to secularism, it's the notion that a state is best arranged to service the needs of it's people, not some god.
I tend to agree with you here.
The problem is when someone see a competing view point. God vs no god. If someone sees that opposing view as problematic or limiting their own view, then there is a chance that some nutcase will try and eliminate it. It doesn't mean everybody will jump in, but people can be loose cannons and we can't control what others think and believe or disbelief.
I see the same thing with Islam. Some Muslims are wacko and everybody who is an "infidel" is labeled as an enemy and should be put to death. But in reality, I know Muslims who are friendly, intellectual, caring people. Regardless, I'm still wary sometimes.
