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To: qam1

You've proven the Rabbi's point: The definition of "secularization" is that the actions come to resemble non-religious, rather than religious. Regardless of the nominal religious status.

The heart of secularization is this example from Pennsylvania vs. Casey, 1993:
""At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Beliefs about these matters could not define the attributes of personhood were they formed under compulsion of the State.""


12 posted on 11/29/2005 8:00:09 PM PST by hocndoc (http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
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To: hocndoc
You've proven the Rabbi's point: The definition of "secularization" is that the actions come to resemble non-religious, rather than religious. Regardless of the nominal religious status.

I'm hearing bagpipes on that one

But by that definition of "secularization" Christians are more secular than Atheist

15 posted on 11/29/2005 8:19:03 PM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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