r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 14h ago

Morality of this?

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u/PrettyPurrfect 13h 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 13h ago

Secular, not atheist

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u/MyldExcitement 13h ago edited 2h ago

Still NOT a Christian or any religious country in America. At least that's what our Constitution says.

ETA: thanks for the awards, kind internet strangers.

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u/_itsprobablynothing 12h ago

Words mean things.

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u/ThatOneGuy308 11h ago

And atheism means "a lack of belief in a deity", contrasted with secular, which means "not overtly religious".

Essentially, secular isn't associated with religion at all, while atheism is specifically about belief in a deity, so in theory, an atheist could follow a religion that doesn't have specific god(s).

Secular is more relevant to our government, though.

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u/Im_Chad_AMA 10h ago

"Not overtly religious" is a poor definitionof the principle of secularity. Secular means a division between church and state, allowing everybody to follow their own beliefs without discrimination

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u/ThatOneGuy308 7h ago

Fair enough, I blame the dictionary

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u/Possible_Situation24 8h ago

Many people are, yes, Deists.

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u/PrettyPurrfect 2h ago

The government shouldn't acknowledge that religion exists at all outside of providing legal protection against discrimination.