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Well, shit. Time to look for an escape window faster. I’m suspecting that religion will soon encroach upon whatever is left of the secular Israel.
by hxii 3y ago
Well, shit. Time to look for an escape window faster. I’m suspecting that religion will soon encroach upon whatever is left of the secular Israel.
- nashashmi 3y agoIsrael is a self proclaimed Jewish state. What leads people to think it maintains secularism?
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoBeyond Israel specifically, it feels like religion (in the context of governance) is a boat anchor that fights against the successful, doing well, tolerant, permissive parts of society. It constantly is a source of decoupled, easy-to-antagonize/coerce, simple popularism, that often acts against it's own & the broader self-interest. I'd just love to see a religious state that can act liberally & broadly.
- mmmmmmtoes 3y ago[dead]
- jgb1984 3y agojewish state, islamic state. They have more in common than you would think. Religion poisons everything.
- nashashmi 3y ago> Religion poisons everything. Did you know that the fundamental building blocks of humanity came from religion? For example, let's start with "law".