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So many different races and religions that it's best to stick to good old secularism.
by expedition32 5mo ago
So many different races and religions that it's best to stick to good old secularism.
- graemep 5mo agoSecularism can mean a wide range of beliefs. A secularist might be a communist of fascist or a libertarian or a socialist or..... How does race come into it at all? Religion is about belief and most religions welcome people of any race.
- Cthulhu_ 5mo agoI suspect the comment means culture, which is frequently confused with race. But culture is also not uniform and will differ by individual etc.
- graemep 5mo agoThen maybe my other point applies. Secularism can exist within many cultures
- Starman_Jones 5mo agoIn American English, “race and religion” is an old-timey expression that’s typically used as a broad identifier in a melting-pot context, eg. “We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions…” ~FDR
- linhns 5mo agoSome people consider secularism a religion though.
- Salgat 5mo agoReligion relies on assumptions that cannot be proven physically, secularism just avoids those assumptions (I say this as a Christian who finds secular biblical scholarship fascinating and helpful).
- za3faran 5mo agoDo you mean an empiricism-only view? That has its flaws as you know.
- TrnsltLife 5mo agoSecular humanism has been accepted as a religion for First amendment purposes. Non theistic Buddhism is still considered a religion. Worldview might be a better term for us to use in understanding people's first amendment rights. And also the idea that there is no neutral worldview. E.g. "secularism" is directly hostile to many religious viewpoints, and to the degree that its proponents use it to oppose religion, secularism becomes a religion/worldview/belief system.