Defining Secular

[poliphilo]

A secular society separates Church and State. It's a society in which the priests don't get to make the rules. That is all. Secular does not mean atheistical or irreligious or anti-clerical.  Religion flourishes in the western democracies- all of which are essentially secular. The USA- one of the most religious societies on earth- has a secular constitution. 

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

The thing is -- having a state religion allows, and encourages -- someone to define themselves by what they are NOT, rather than by what they ARE. But, yeah, that is a good point that England has come up with a fair number of non-Anglican religions of its own devising.