Also, I'm prepared to defend the position that abandoning religion for secularism is a mark of progress. Is this problematic now? Tough.https://twitter.com/IonaItalia/status/922850126032396289 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Ok, defend it. (Seriously - intrigued to hear it)
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Replying to @AkivaMCohen
Really? You've not heard arguments that religions are not true and that societies which separate church & state are better for human rights?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Sure I have. But 1) "separation of church & state" /= "abandoning religion for secularism"
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Replying to @AkivaMCohen
The person I am quoting falsely made those antonyms, yes. You can be a secularist and still have a religion.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
If you're talking "secularist in the political sense", I wholly agree. The phrase "abandoning religion" seemed broader :)
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Yes, remember, I am quoting. The speaker sees the west as supporting those who set aside what makes them Muslim & embrace worldly things.
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