Comments on: Is Secularism Coherent? http://stephanfowler.com/2009/06/secularism/ By Stephan Fowler Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:18:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Types of Tolerance | The Sleepwalk of the West http://stephanfowler.com/2009/06/secularism/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Types of Tolerance | The Sleepwalk of the West Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:45:32 +0000 http://stephanfowler.com/?p=492#comment-269 [...] I am pessimistic about secularism, given humans’ hard-wired need for faith. So, in this extremis, I believe that being actively [...] [...] I am pessimistic about secularism, given humans’ hard-wired need for faith. So, in this extremis, I believe that being actively [...]

]]> By: Sleeping Gods | Stephan Powys http://stephanfowler.com/2009/06/secularism/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Sleeping Gods | Stephan Powys Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:12:15 +0000 http://stephanfowler.com/?p=492#comment-5 [...] result: a huge step back from secularism – the weakness of which is its reliance on the good will of everyone, including… fundamentalists. No Comments [...] [...] result: a huge step back from secularism – the weakness of which is its reliance on the good will of everyone, including… fundamentalists. No Comments [...]

]]> By: Yahzi http://stephanfowler.com/2009/06/secularism/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Yahzi Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:04:08 +0000 http://stephanfowler.com/?p=492#comment-4 Secularism is perfectly coherent to the believer. All you need to do is ask them, "Would you be happy with an Islamic government?" Unless they're Islamic, in which case you ask them if they would be happy with a Jewish government. The target realization is that a secular, godless government, however distasteful, is still more acceptable than any _other_ religious government. And poof! You have yourself a died-in-the-wool secularist. Secularism is perfectly coherent to the believer. All you need to do is ask them, “Would you be happy with an Islamic government?”

Unless they’re Islamic, in which case you ask them if they would be happy with a Jewish government.

The target realization is that a secular, godless government, however distasteful, is still more acceptable than any _other_ religious government. And poof! You have yourself a died-in-the-wool secularist.

]]>