or in some casesdenoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
.not overtly or specifically religious
For that reason, the idea of secularism - that we can exclude religious values from this process, which includes discussions of morality to develop an inclusive ethical framework - is naive at best. — Possibility
For that reason, the idea of secularism - that we can exclude religious values from this process, which includes discussions of morality to develop an inclusive ethical framework - is naive at best. — Possibility
And it means we include secular institutions, devoid of religious values. So non-religious values are given the power. — Hillary
1. We expect our government to make decisions based on our moral values
2. Moral values are often shaped both implicitly and explicitly by one's religious values (or lack of)
3. Thus the government's decisions are shaped by religious values — Paulm12
For instance, would the argument over pro-choice vs pro-life really be seen as a secular matter (I'm in no way arguing it is only a religious thing)? My argument goes like this
1. We expect our government to make decisions based on our moral values
2. Moral values are often shaped both implicitly and explicitly by one's religious values (or lack of)
3. Thus the government's decisions are shaped by religious values — Paulm12
. I think reading the Quran, Confucius, Buddhist texts etc would have been really useful to me in public school. — Paulm12
What theocratic government has been successful? — Jackson
Because theocracy never works. — Jackson
However, ruling that you cannot teach creationism in particular could be seen as an unfair attack on creationists, thus also violating the separation of church and state. — Paulm12
Our instinct to be free (read as, in extremum, the ability to do what we want with our lives) rebels against restrictions which ethics boils down to. — Agent Smith
my hunch is that at the heart of this conundrum lies a very powerful illusion that leads us astray. — Agent Smith
1. We expect our government to make decisions based on our moral values — Paulm12
For the religious individual, it is different because morality is derived from a divine principle that is believed to be the law of god. For such an individual, morality is substantially extant and he is held accountable for his conduct whether or not it is seen by others — Merkwurdichliebe
Wasn't the whole idea of having secularism (and the separation of church and state) directly from religious values and religious persecution? — Paulm12
Separation of church and state doesn't mean we exclude religious values, it means we exclude religious institutions from government. — T Clark
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