It's like a cult.
2007-12-06 06:28:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I wonder about that also .
2007-12-06 06:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
To answer your question;
I do not believe secularism has become a religion, but it is an offshoot of Humanism which has become a religion. With the environmentalist leading the way, you can imply that humanism is a cult with the prediction of the end of the world by Al Gore in the year 2012.
2007-12-06 06:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by T-Bone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Secularism has nothing to do with atheism or agnosticism. There are Christian secularists and Jewish secularists and and Muslim secularists and Hindu secularists...
Secularism is merely the belief that the public sphere and the private sphere are two completely different areas and that religion should be solely the province of the private sphere. There are tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of Americans with deep religious faith who are secularists.
2007-12-06 06:40:16 · answer #3 · answered by M M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,"
Our government was founded on secularism.
"Secularism is that which seeks the development of the physical, moral, and intellectual nature of man to the highest possible point, as the immediate duty of life — which inculcates the practical sufficiency of natural morality apart from Atheism, Theism or the Bible"
2007-12-06 06:38:12 · answer #4 · answered by Zardoz 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I guess that's like asking if Atheism or Agnosticism are religions... I don't think so. You have to have organization to really be a religion, don't you? We could probably argue for hours over what constitutes a "religion", but somehow I don't think your question was meant to promote serious discussion.
2007-12-06 06:40:22 · answer #5 · answered by Fretless 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most religions have become cults, and devoid of any reason. If they wouldn't have, secularism wouldn't even be that big of a deal.
2007-12-06 06:32:05 · answer #6 · answered by Boss H 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
In some unusual way. If so, we're meant to protect this 'religion's' right as well, but not at the expense of removing God from the public domain.
2007-12-06 06:33:49 · answer #7 · answered by RickNY 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Darn we got some whack jobs on here today. Secularism is the belief in the separation of church and state. Meaning the church will not run or influence the government. you know, the army in Turkey is sworn to defend secularism, and it is a much more religious place than here.
2007-12-06 06:34:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
How?
Our culture readily mixes religion, politics and consumerism.
sec·u·lar·ism: Religious skepticism or indifference.
The view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education
2007-12-06 06:31:54 · answer #9 · answered by LatexSolarBeef 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it depends on your def. of religion. is communism a religion? is fascism a religion? give me a definition of religion and i could better ans. your question. i don't see sec as a cult, it is just a mind set of people who don't want to deal with all the mumbo-jumbo of traditional religions.
2007-12-06 06:38:11 · answer #10 · answered by marat 1 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Atheism/secularism is almost like a cult, their "Holy Trinity" is Darwin, propaganda "science", and extereme hatred of anyone who doesn't agree with them.
It always amazes me how liberals don't like to hear the truth, lol
2007-12-06 06:34:07 · answer #11 · answered by Dr. Ray Langston 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋