Secularism And Secularism

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Secularism is a belief that education or morality shouldn’t be based upon religion. It is developed as an attitude in a person who simply looks at a Christian, Jewish or Muslim as a man/women. A secular person doesn’t owe his moral values to any religion. He follows the lead of humanism which is a form of religion for that particular secular person. Believe it or not, but we all believe in secularism in some sort of way apart from people who are blindfolded and believe in superstition in many countries such as India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries located in Asia. This is because of the high amount of illiteracy rate.
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Many complain that religious views should not be excluded from politics since a secularism would then be more dominated in this country and would have a high chance of winning by default. For instance, he/she might argue that secularist beliefs are more rationals and rationally superior whereas religious belief are not rational and they are based on faith, authority and traditions. One might also confront that God created all people equally and therefore, racial segregation is wrong and encourage others to start supporting social welfare programs. These kind of people wouldn’t just assert the existence of God, but also think that it is rational to believe in God. When approached by one of these secularists, all you can do is use texts from the holy book or use facts and that’s the only way to be proven wrong. Also, the reason behind the separation of church and state is secularism. The separation of church and state explains that you should have your own particular ideas of worldview can’t force anyone into thinking the same as you; religious or secularist. The separation of church and state will only occur if the state has no religion. A secularist or someone whose religious can’t force anyone into conversion, it takes place when one is happily persuaded by you and decides to convert on their own with the feeling of being welcomed and

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