We are tolerant to other faiths but we have not learnt to live and accept each other in everyway...so are we really secular?
2006-08-09 20:53:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
What is your definition of secularism? It never means that all of us have to accept everything in everyway .
Christianity and Islam say whoever does not follow their respective religion will goto hell. As a Hindu I can only tolerate their view. I can not accept it.
Logic says :
1. Religion is a matter of personal choice & is private to the individual concerned.
2. It is supposed to make a better person out of a human being.
3. It supposedly preaches peace & brotherhood with all of mankind.
4. It certainly ought to teach tolerance towards all & in particular towards other religions.
Points#1 & 4 if practiced together would make a person or group secular.
SO YES INDIA IS A SECULAR COUNTRY.
Despite that, religion has more often than not, been a dividing force between people. Communallism as well as Pseudo-secular groups are two threatening groups which, if allowed to grow unchecked, can harm the secular fabric of any country. Both of these aim to exploit the religious sentiments by twisting them to suit their political ends.
Communal or Non-secular : Passionate about their religion, fanatic zeal, intend to promote/propagate their religion even at the expense of other religions
Pseudo Secular: Profess non alignment to any religion but the use of religion to further their end is cloaked. Their stands keep shifting as per convenience and they take a moral high ground with regard to secularism.
In the political context: Both try to garner political mileage/votes by evoking religious sentiments. Depth of their religious feelings might be suspect, but desire to use it for their own good, is not.
Secularism is ideal for any society especially with diverse faiths and denominations. The problem is not many people joing politics are that secular but fall into catagary of pseudo secularism. Ideally government should not interfere in relegion and it would good if relegious organizations stay away from politics.
2006-08-11 07:22:04 · answer #1 · answered by rian30 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
India is secular and there can not be any other place in the world with so many religion and language.
2006-08-10 04:23:43 · answer #2 · answered by Han J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really secular country is an ideal situation. We can only tend towards this. Some big or small differences are bound to exist when one deals with multitude.
2006-08-10 04:06:26 · answer #3 · answered by sures 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True secular country: Singapore
2006-08-10 03:59:07 · answer #4 · answered by ali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quite secular.....i think coz we r the only country wid so many languages...religions.....n v all live together...peacefully..... so v may not b secular in everyway....but ya v r kinda secular
2006-08-10 04:08:36 · answer #5 · answered by doctor asho 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quite secular.....i think coz we r the only country wid so many languages...religions.....n v all live together...peacefully..... so v may not b secular in everyway....but ya v r kinda secular......
2006-08-10 04:06:58 · answer #6 · answered by Monica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US is quite tolerant of different religions. 10 million muslims here.
2006-08-10 03:59:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-08-10 04:17:29 · answer #8 · answered by khq q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋