What is ‘Secularism’?

July 15, 2012 By 4 Comments

QualiaSoup explains the answer in a beautiful way, as he always does. It’s UK-centric, but the principles still apply in America:

Here’s one of the screenshots. See if you can guess who supports a secular government :)



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Hemant Mehta is the chair of Foundation Beyond Belief and a high school math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He began writing the Friendly Atheist blog in 2006. His latest book is called The Young Atheist's Survival Guide.

  • Jose Reyes

    I hate when people say “militant secularism.” What the hell is that even supposed to mean?

    • Emb

       when one says they support opinion a, and it reflects their religion its called faith.  When one says they support opinion a,  but it does not reflect any religion, its taken as a personal diss for some reason and they attack with the words militant

      • MegaZeusThor

        It almost like if you are able to define terms and language, you’ve won half the battle.

    • JohnnieCanuck

      It means they are projecting. They don’t like it when violent or extremist members of their group are called militant. That means outspoken secularists deserve the same label when they say things that make theists uncomfortable. It hurts to be threatened with the loss of long held privilege.