{"id":1269,"date":"2018-03-28T13:38:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2018-06-11T18:58:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T18:58:30","slug":"secular-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/open-religion\/secular-society","title":{"rendered":"Secular Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secularism = the individual\u2019s right to be free from the imposition of any religion by government, \u00a0in a state declared to be neutral on matters of belief.<\/h3>\n

[This text goes further upon \u2018Freedom of Religion\u2019<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

Sustainability from the start<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Secular society\u2019 is about \u2018freedom of religion.\u2019 But not only that. In order to be sustainable, it needs to be about a society in which \u2018re-ligiosity\u2019 is present in a way that can in principle fulfill everybody. Logically, this is the only society that can continue to exist for the next, say, 1.000.000 years.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a weird thought that there will then be a culture with 1.000.000 years of recorded history…<\/p>\n

At least, without major catastrophe in between.<\/p>\n

Guys of then: if you read this, I salute you<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and hope you are doing fine. And by God I wish I would know more about you. Do you still have religion? How do you look upon us, most primitive of primitive beings?<\/p>\n

One for all<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We (now) are on our way to one religion. Of that, I\u2019m sure. But the thing is: every believer is inclined, or at least incentivized to see his own religion be accepted for the job of \u2018being the one\u2019. You of the year 1-M, know better: \u201cthe winner takes it all\u2019 is not an option. There is no winner in true religiosity. Thus, any religion that strives to \u2018win\u2019 makes no chance.<\/p>\n

Re-ligion is about re-ligare: making connections, not divisions.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Connection\u2019 inside the individual: between conceptual and subconceptual thinking. This is, more or less, between conscious and nonconscious mental processing.<\/p>\n

\u2018Connection\u2019, mainly through the former, also between individuals, groups, cultures.<\/p>\n

Militant a-theism is in this sense just one of many possible dividers. This is a pity. Inasmuch as it lacks poetry, this makes present-day a-theism not sustainable. It\u2019s correct that there is no need to make people believe in any weird stuff. But:<\/p>\n

People do need poetry.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is: deep meaning, deep respect, deep communication, deep \u2018being\u2019.<\/p>\n

Many things are cultural: they have meaning to the individuals of a specific culture while they may not have the same meaning \u2013 or any meaning at all \u2013 to those of another culture. One should respect<\/em> all meaning. That\u2019s not the same as indulging in it, nor approving it.<\/p>\n

The ideal secular society: a description in a few points, for now:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n