(December 12, 2013 at 11:02 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(December 12, 2013 at 10:54 pm)Polaris Wrote: If they were honest and clear of thought, then the aversion would be towards state-sponsored secularism much more than religion.
How else are you going to have freedom of religion? It's kind of needed to, among other things, keep different groups from killing each other over how they worship the same person. It either needs to be separate, or encompass all religions.
I mean state-sponsored secularism as opposed to secularism. AKA a state that promotes secularism with the same veracity as a state-sponsored religion, aka what you saw in several nations in the 20th century except, unlike religion, they lacked an air of legitimacy. That lack of legitimacy that is more easily generated by religious doctrine was replaced by fear, fear garnered by mass executions never seen prior. Seems a fear of eternal damnation keeps people in check.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
