tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post2549447812718400159..comments2024-03-27T08:06:54.502+00:00Comments on The Thoughts of Chairman Bill: Secularism - MmmmChairman Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02104786653126767184noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-67911244598406263732012-04-11T16:47:21.505+01:002012-04-11T16:47:21.505+01:00Plus we have the Iranian example, where the religi...Plus we have the Iranian example, where the religion IS the state.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-59663665502580828592012-04-11T16:46:19.548+01:002012-04-11T16:46:19.548+01:00Chris: I'm not prejudiced against religion; I ...Chris: I'm not prejudiced against religion; I just wish it were conducted between consenting adults, behind closed doors and kept from spilling into the streets.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-71622414468685093492012-04-11T10:40:33.591+01:002012-04-11T10:40:33.591+01:00You do know that being a secularist doesn't pr...You do know that being a secularist doesn't preclude having a religion? ;) We seem to have lost sight of this recently, but most of the passionate and sane voices in discussions of secularity over the last century have belonged to people from a religious tradition.<br /><br />The separation of Church and State in the US is the reason that religion is such a powerful voice there - and similarly, because religion was not divorced from schools in the UK it lead to massive disinterest in religion here (presumably because students come to think that the Church of England is all a religion can be - which is very sad whichever way you look at it).<br /><br />Personally, I have no problem with the Bishops in the House of Lords - I do not want a Lords solely stacked with ex-politicians and I'll take whatever backdoors are available. I would prefer to open up representation to other moral or metaphysical traditions in the Lords than get rid of what there currently is there. But then, I'm not as prejudiced against religion as you are. >:)<br /><br />*waves*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-20461497613891278562012-04-02T19:38:49.413+01:002012-04-02T19:38:49.413+01:00I don't particularly remember reading a post o...I don't particularly remember reading a post of yours on the same subject though.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-68961663032388256272012-04-02T19:29:19.138+01:002012-04-02T19:29:19.138+01:00Well that's all right then.Well that's all right then.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-79851143083195654562012-04-01T17:16:11.246+01:002012-04-01T17:16:11.246+01:00Eileen: Indubitably!Eileen: Indubitably!Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-68998144440132604272012-04-01T14:51:47.645+01:002012-04-01T14:51:47.645+01:00You been reading my blog?You been reading my blog?Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.com