RE: Separation of Science and State
November 17, 2020 at 5:14 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2020 at 5:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We can assert that any given definition fails to capture the totality of a described x. I use the definition I do because I think it clearly describes one identifying attribute of a religion, the identifying attribute relevant to separation of church and state. An attribute which all definitions, however expansive they may be, agree on.
Unification over normative content relative to the sacred.
(durkheims definition, by the by, allows for every individual human believer to have his very own religion - diversity is in no way a problem - again, it's a strength of that entire line of thinking)
Let's add to our Church of the Secular Sacred. All of their definitions , for everything, are completely and fully true. No need to worry about our own - they've got it all right.
What do we think about separation of church and state in their case? If we find it difficult to maintain an adherence to this notion in the case of a religion of nature, now made infallible for purposes of illumination, might we start to wonder whether we actually supported separation of church and state to begin with? So many responses have been to the effect of religion getting it wrong, or not being able to prove something.
That would be insisting on wrong and unproven things be separate from state. A true and proven religion would be exempt from separation, accurately described as such.
Unification over normative content relative to the sacred.
(durkheims definition, by the by, allows for every individual human believer to have his very own religion - diversity is in no way a problem - again, it's a strength of that entire line of thinking)
Let's add to our Church of the Secular Sacred. All of their definitions , for everything, are completely and fully true. No need to worry about our own - they've got it all right.
What do we think about separation of church and state in their case? If we find it difficult to maintain an adherence to this notion in the case of a religion of nature, now made infallible for purposes of illumination, might we start to wonder whether we actually supported separation of church and state to begin with? So many responses have been to the effect of religion getting it wrong, or not being able to prove something.
That would be insisting on wrong and unproven things be separate from state. A true and proven religion would be exempt from separation, accurately described as such.
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