A very interesting person I met last week, named Sako.
Sako is an atheist, as he defines himself.
He came towards me while I was visiting some friends in "maison laique".
'I have a dream', he said.
** The Conversation **
Me: what is your dream about?
Sako: I want to destroy every mosque and church in Lebanon
Me: (shocked) why?
Sako: because religion brought nothing good to Lebanon
Me: why's that? Religion brings peace!
Sako: when religion interferes with politics, it brings nothing but destruction.
Me: why don't you think of ways to separate them rather than destroying mosques and churches?
Sako: many secular parties and organizations tried before. It didn't work. "khalas" he said, with his funny weak Arabic.
Me: but you can't remove faith from people
Sako: (laughing), if I destroy Lebanon, will there still be god?
Me: of course
Sako: if I destroyed churches and mosques, will there still be Lebanon
Me: of course, and faith too!
Sako: You said it! There will remain Lebanon and Faith. Two things apart!!!
Secularity THIS BLOG GIVES A CLEAR AND SIMPLE EXPLANATION TO THE TERM "SECULARITY". THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD, SCHOOLS OF SECULARITY AND INCIDENTS I FACED WHILE RESEARCHING.
About Me
- lamis farhat
- beirut, Lebanon
- i'm a journalist student, working on my graduation project which turned to message i want to deliver for all those who want to know more about secualarity
George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906),
British writer who coined the term "secularism."
Secularism is generally the assertion that certain practices or institutions should exist separately from religion or religious belief. Alternatively, it is a principle of promoting secular ideas or values in either public or private settings over religious ways of thought.
In one sense, secularism may assert the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, and freedom from the government imposition of religion upon the people, within a state that is neutral on matters of belief, and gives no state privileges or subsidies to religions.
The purposes and arguments in support of secularism vary widely. In European laicism, it has been argued that secularism is a movement toward modernization, and away from traditional religious values. This type of secularism, on a social or philosophical level, has often occurred while maintaining an official state church or other state support of religion. In the United States, some argue that state secularism has served to a greater extent to protect religion from governmental interference, while secularism on a social level is less prevalent. Within countries as well, differing political movements support secularism for varying reasons.
Secularism can also be the social ideology in which religion and supernatural beliefs are not seen as the key to understanding the world and are instead segregated from matters of governance and reasoning. In this sense, secularism can be involved in the promotion of science, reason, and naturalistic thinking.
Secularism does not necessarily equate to atheism; many secularists are religious, while atheists often accept the influence of religion on government or society. Secularism is an essential component of a secular humanist social and political
Some secularists believe that the state should be kept entirely separate from religion, and that religious institutions should be entirely free from governmental interference. Churches that exercise their authority completely apart from government endorsement, whose foundations are not in the state, are conventionally called "Free" churches.
Secularism is generally the assertion that certain practices or institutions should exist separately from religion or religious belief. Alternatively, it is a principle of promoting secular ideas or values in either public or private settings over religious ways of thought.
In one sense, secularism may assert the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, and freedom from the government imposition of religion upon the people, within a state that is neutral on matters of belief, and gives no state privileges or subsidies to religions.
The purposes and arguments in support of secularism vary widely. In European laicism, it has been argued that secularism is a movement toward modernization, and away from traditional religious values. This type of secularism, on a social or philosophical level, has often occurred while maintaining an official state church or other state support of religion. In the United States, some argue that state secularism has served to a greater extent to protect religion from governmental interference, while secularism on a social level is less prevalent. Within countries as well, differing political movements support secularism for varying reasons.
Secularism can also be the social ideology in which religion and supernatural beliefs are not seen as the key to understanding the world and are instead segregated from matters of governance and reasoning. In this sense, secularism can be involved in the promotion of science, reason, and naturalistic thinking.
Secularism does not necessarily equate to atheism; many secularists are religious, while atheists often accept the influence of religion on government or society. Secularism is an essential component of a secular humanist social and political
Some secularists believe that the state should be kept entirely separate from religion, and that religious institutions should be entirely free from governmental interference. Churches that exercise their authority completely apart from government endorsement, whose foundations are not in the state, are conventionally called "Free" churches.
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