RE: WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER...
January 24, 2015 at 2:06 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2015 at 2:07 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(January 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: 'Communism is secularism taken to the extreme.'
What is it about that quote don't you understand?
Its idiocy. Communism isn't any kind of secularism, it's an economic system (and not a very good one in my opinion).
(January 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Are you saying it's impossible to go overboard with secularism? elaborate a little.
It's a little hard to envision a scenario where a government would be TOO neutral in matters of religion. Certainly a communist state engaging in religious oppression would not be an example of it.
(January 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Keep in mind, you've already shown you have no clue what secularism is, seeing how you still believe Denmark is secular.
It seems pretty clear that you're the only one here who doesn't understand what it means. Denmark is an interesting case of a country that both supports a state religion and whose constitution guarantees freedom of worship and religion and doesn't require anyone to pay taxes to support someone else's religion. It could be more secular, but not a LOT more secular.
(January 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism
Secularism is the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institutions and religious dignitaries. One manifestation of secularism is asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, or, in a state declared to be neutral on matters of belief, from the imposition by government of religion or religious practices upon its people. Another manifestation of secularism is the view that public activities and decisions, especially political ones, should be uninfluenced by religious beliefs and/or practices.
As you can see, there are different manifestations of secularism, the part in bold is the communist approach.
The part in bold says nothing about suppressing religion. You can go to church all day and as long as I don't have to listen to it, religious rule and teachings are not being opposed on me. It doesn't say there can't be religoius rules and teachings, just that I can't be subjected to them.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.