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I think we actually are. The main difference between the current state-secular religion and, say, progressive quakerism, is that state-secularism doesn't have a
by wyager 4y ago
I think we actually are. The main difference between the current state-secular religion and, say, progressive quakerism, is that state-secularism doesn't have an identifiable God. But this is, it turns out, a pretty minor difference in practice (and it's state-secularism's primary competitive advantage in the modern legal environment).
- xpe 4y agoYou can define it that way, but I do not. I go with a more widely recognized definition; e.g. via M-W or Wikipedia. I can appreciate a similarity, of course. But a person can hold a belief / value a worldview (e.g. representative democracy) without believing in a supernatural power. Conflating similar words is often an intentional rhetorical strategy. Perhaps you are trying it because you hope to conflate political philosophy with religion? But to do so glosses over key differences between them ... e.g Which are descriptive? Which are normative? What is the nature of truth? How does one seek, find, and assess truth?