Secularism is the principle of separating religion from state institutions, ensuring government neutrality in matters of belief to guarantee equality, freedom of conscience, and non-discrimination for all citizens. It promotes a public sphere where no religion is privileged, allowing both believers and non-believers to exist on equal footing.
Secularism is a way of life and thinking that rejects religion. So if you're into secularism, you're not into God, going to church, praying, or anything holy. Some people dig religion. Other people don't. And it's those people that live a life of secularism, far removed from anything that has to do with God or church.
Secular humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or belief in a deity. It does not, however, assume that humans are either inherently good or evil, nor does it present humans as being superior to nature.
There are many examples of secularism in India. One example is the fact that the Indian constitution guarantees freedom of religion to all citizens. This means that people are free to practice any religion they want, without fear of discrimination or persecution.
Some of the best known examples of states considered "constitutionally secular" are the United States, France, Turkey, India, Mexico, and South Korea, though none of these nations have identical forms of governance with respect to religion.
Mawlana Mawdudi, founder of Jamaat e-Islami, proclaimed in 1948 that those who participated in secular politics were raising the flag of revolt against God and his messenger. Saudi scholars denounce secularism as un-Islamic.
I do not believe in the fear of life, in the fear of death, in blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him, I would be a liar. I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that.
By the end of 2100 Muslims are expected to outnumber Christians. According to the same study, Muslims population growth is twice of world's overall population growth due to young age and relatively high fertility rate and as a result Muslims are projected to rise to 30% (2050) of the world's population from 23% (2010).
“Britain is becoming more secular not because adults are losing their religion but because older people with an attachment to the C of E and other Christian denominations are gradually being replaced in the population by younger unaffiliated people,” says the report.
Yes, there are still some perceived drawbacks of secularism, including potential marginalization of religious communities, cultural erosion, conflict with religious beliefs, perceived bias, and challenges in implementation.
Whereas secularity had existed in Britain since the mid-nineteenth century, and whereas British Christianity began its long decline from about 1900, mass British secularization could not occur until the early 1960s, because until then secularity's ideological metanarrative was not widely believed in.
I have lived 72 years of struggle over the question of God. I have arrived — in spite of toil, trial and tribulation, and more than my share of each — at what I think is a more than tepid faith in God's existence and in His Grand Design. I believe in His creation of our existence.
Thesis:The 93% of National Academy of Sciences members who do not believe in God suggests that scientific knowledge often leads individuals away from theistic beliefs. Argument:Scientific inquiry focuses on natural explanations and empirical evidence, which may reduce the need for supernatural explanations.
A 2023 Gallup International survey found that Sweden was the country with the highest percentage of citizens that stated they do not believe in a god. In 2020, the majority (78%) of the global nonreligious or unaffiliated demographic resided in Asia-Pacific.
Researchers Helmuth Nyborg and Richard Lynn compared belief in God and IQs. Using data from a U.S. study of 6,825 adolescents, the authors found that the average IQ of atheists was 6 points higher than the average IQ of non-atheists.
