The Xenopolis Confederation wrote:Hakons wrote:
I can get behind the social democracy, since that's a variant of Christian democracy. I'm not much of a fan of secularism, since it's pretty much a lite form of state enforced atheism. When the government enforces the religious "none" category, the people gradually adopt the "none" category. I do like the American constitutional system, especially when secularism and other modernist things hadn't been made "constitutional" yet (I know America has always had a secular government, but the modern conception of secularism is radical secularism).
Lol. "People being allowed to believe whatever they want is basically forcing atheism."
People are not allowed to believe whatever they want under secularism. Yes, secularism doesn't favor a religion, but it favors secularists. Secular philosophy is treated better than religious philosophy. Laws must use secular reasoning, since it is somehow better than religious reasoning. It gets even worse when education is factored. The education curriculum is state enforced, and the discussion of religion is practically forbidden in public schools. When schools teach secularism to children, it is unsurprising children become secular.
To some it up, secularism isn't particularly neutral. It clearly favors people who don't have a religion. I recall from a while back a thread about Turkey removing evolution from their school curriculum, and many of the posters were just losing their minds about it. It was pretty clear they were shocked that the secular view wasn't being given precedence. Secularism doesn't demand equality, it demands non-religious precedence.