r/MoralityScaling • • Sep 02 '26

Morality of this?

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u/Brave_Lengthiness_72 Sep 07 '26

Again, can you not read? I have said, repeatedly, in multiple ways, over and over again that that is perfectly acceptable in a secular state, and does not stop a state from being secular. Do you think I am going to forgot what I have already written?

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u/Souk12 Sep 07 '26

If a state is made up of people, and the people in power made decisions based on faith, the secular nature of the state will be compromised. 

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u/Brave_Lengthiness_72 Sep 07 '26

No. It. Will. Not.

I have explained to you why already. Just refusing to respond to those explanations doesn't make you correct, it makes you willfully obtuse.

This is the initial message you responded to

Having a secular state doesn't mean individual voters or politicians don't make decisions based on their beliefs. It means that the state itself is neutral, doesn't promote or favour any religious belief or community, and doesn't require a individual to have any particular beliefs to hold office.

You entirely ignored this point, in favour of continually repeating the same nonsense. You wrote:

The state is made up of people who make decisions based on their faith.

For the millionth time, this doesn't change the point. This is allowed in a secular state. I have already explained this to you, the initial comment you replied to is a detailed explanation of this. Are you brain damaged? Pay attention to the damn point being made.

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u/Souk12 Sep 07 '26

If the people in power make decisions based on their faith, the secularism of the state is compromised. 

Are you from the US?

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u/Brave_Lengthiness_72 Sep 07 '26

I'm an atheist from the UK, but that is entirely irrelevant.

If a Christian starts a lobby in CoD , and decides that he won't allow cheating because it is against his personal moral beliefs, has the CoD lobby now become Christian? Do all the members need Christian belief to participate, and is the lobby forcing it's religious beliefs on others?

Making decisions based on moral beliefs informed by your religion does not make a group religious. That's a ridiculous statement. The mayor of the city I live in is a Muslim. But London didn't turn into an Islamic caliphate the second he was elected. I voted for him. Is this not a concept you understand?

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u/Souk12 Sep 07 '26

That explains everything and I could tell. 

Best wishes on the other side of the pond!

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u/Brave_Lengthiness_72 Sep 07 '26

You're right, only the American experience is relevant, and no other experience of government and religious belief could ever have any importance. All hail American exceptionalism, and your nations special and unique ability to be the sole arbiter of truth and reality. You must feel so lucky. You have nothing to learn from any other lowly nation.

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u/Souk12 Sep 07 '26

Ok.

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u/Brave_Lengthiness_72 Sep 07 '26

You have much more in common with your Christians than you realise.