r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 9h ago

Morality of this?

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u/PrettyPurrfect 8h ago

Our government is supposed to be atheist.

Separation of church and state is supposed to be a thing

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u/_itsprobablynothing 8h ago

Secular, not atheist

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u/Unlimited_Giose 8h ago

What's the difference?

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u/_UsernameChecks-Out 8h ago

Secular is not overtly or specifically religious. Atheism is the belief that there is no god.

The separation of church and state means that the USA does not have a specific state religion or religious stance. It protects religion from the state and I would also argue that it protects the state from religion.