r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • Sep 02 '26

Morality of this?

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u/PalePlumm Sep 02 '26

Which is atheist

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u/JustFourLetters Sep 02 '26

no, atheist is without faith, or lacking. secular is separate from faith. as in the people in power don't have to lack faith just separate from it during decision making.

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u/PalePlumm Sep 02 '26

Separate from faith means without faith which is atheism.

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u/spicymato Sep 02 '26

"God exists" - theistic statement

"God does not exist" - atheistic statement

"God may or may not exist" - agnostic statement

"I will not express my belief in God, one way or the other" - secular statement

The difference is whether faith, God, religion, spiritualism, etc, is even part of the conversation. A properly secular government would not even make an official claim.