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Originally Posted by NAT
Agreed to most of the above, except the concept of secularism.
The US was designed to be "religiously neutral", allowing for perfect equality and freedom regardless of religion, or none, in our secular laws, while protecting the religious rights of individuals, even those in public office.
This concept has been raped over the history of our Nation however, by the same type of people who are selling "secularism" as something inherently evil.
Religious Fundamentalists, or the American Christotaliban is the phrase I like to sue to insult these religious extremists.
Secularism simply does not equate to state mandated athiesm as was witnessed in the USSR when the Russian Orthodox Church challenged the power of the Socialist regime. True and pure religious equality can only be achieved by keeping the Institution of Religion from power.  |
Agreed but the problem comes into the equation when one realizes that the rejection of religion is a religious viewpoint. That's the concern of what is called the "Christian Right." They believe the government is becoming hostile to their religious viewpoint. In any government this will become a problem because people will let their religious beliefs affect what they do politically (abortion for example). It's a hard balance to strike. How does the government stay neutral while allowing for moral legislation (in the forms of prohibiting murder, allowing/prohibiting abortion, outlawing/legalizing drugs, ect.)