RE: Religious "nones" now outnumber Catholics in US
May 14, 2015 at 4:49 am
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2015 at 4:50 am by Dystopia.)
(May 13, 2015 at 10:35 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:(May 13, 2015 at 9:45 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Sorry for being picky but I miss the part secular = atheist (I hate it when atheists do this)
The difference is only important in an academic argument. Secular people don't try to legislate who you can have sex with and in what orifice.
You don't understand it - Secularism is for everyone who does not want to live in a theocracy, it's separation of church and state + freedom of religion - It's for all people including religious ones. Seriously, stop pretending atheists have a monopoly of secularism and equating secularist alliances with atheism - In the past (and still today) people who believe have promoted separation because they think religious institutions shouldn't legislate or impact politics. It's basic common sense.
Quote:Yes but secularism is desirable for atheists, because it is society without official religion.Secularism is basically the State not having a religion and not interfering in religious affairs - It's something desirable to everyone with half a brain... The WBC does not want secularism, nor does Boko Haram, but I think most people in society would not want to be ruled by the church and go back to the dark ages, even the really devout Christians.
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