This is a question for those who are religious but who believe the state should be secular:
Why do you believe that the state should be secular, and not be based around your religion?
I’m religious and I think that the state should be secular
(I’m based in the UK where we have an established church, which is something I very much disapprove of)
I think the state should be secular as I positively value democracy:
I see a secular state as being more democratic than a religious state
Why do I find it more democratic?
I’m not sure
But I know that it is
I have an intuitive sense
I suppose it is a matter of values, perhaps those who usually support democracy are usually secularists?
(and by "secularists" I don't mean irreligious - I'm religious and also a secularist)
Perhaps the two have somehow got stuck together???
I think it's all a matter of respecting other people?
And a matter of including everyone equally in society?
I don't know, that's why I made this thread
Why do you believe that the state should be secular, and not be based around your religion?
I’m religious and I think that the state should be secular
(I’m based in the UK where we have an established church, which is something I very much disapprove of)
I think the state should be secular as I positively value democracy:
I see a secular state as being more democratic than a religious state
Why do I find it more democratic?
I’m not sure
But I know that it is
I have an intuitive sense
I suppose it is a matter of values, perhaps those who usually support democracy are usually secularists?
(and by "secularists" I don't mean irreligious - I'm religious and also a secularist)
Perhaps the two have somehow got stuck together???
I think it's all a matter of respecting other people?
And a matter of including everyone equally in society?
I don't know, that's why I made this thread