Hi,
This was posted earlier this week I think in one of the DIRs;
Didn't have the time to respond earlier and as it was in a DIR it wouldn't have been appropriate, so I thought I would re-run it here.
Basically in the video the author completely strawmans secularism, appearing to claim it is about the prevention of enjoining good and forbidding evil.
So let us look at what secularism actually means;
Google defines secularism as follows;
secularism
noun
This does not mean that individuals are prevented from championing whatever they believe will be conducive to the most just society.
If you believe that telling people music is haram will prevent violent society of course I will laugh at you, but it is completely within the scope of secular society for you to say that.
What is not within the scope of secular society is enshrining within law compulsion on people to follow your religion. So I have to wonder why such a foundational principle of justice (ie secularism) appears to be redefined to suit the self serving purposes of the religious whiner in the clip?
This was posted earlier this week I think in one of the DIRs;
Didn't have the time to respond earlier and as it was in a DIR it wouldn't have been appropriate, so I thought I would re-run it here.
Basically in the video the author completely strawmans secularism, appearing to claim it is about the prevention of enjoining good and forbidding evil.
So let us look at what secularism actually means;
Google defines secularism as follows;
secularism
noun
- the principle of separation of the state from religious institutions.
"he believes that secularism means no discrimination against anybody in the name of religion"
This does not mean that individuals are prevented from championing whatever they believe will be conducive to the most just society.
If you believe that telling people music is haram will prevent violent society of course I will laugh at you, but it is completely within the scope of secular society for you to say that.
What is not within the scope of secular society is enshrining within law compulsion on people to follow your religion. So I have to wonder why such a foundational principle of justice (ie secularism) appears to be redefined to suit the self serving purposes of the religious whiner in the clip?