#secularization

[its-terf-or-nothin]

[tfkatiee]

Funny how you are secular if you praise Christianity and Islam for being what they are, but aren't secular if you don't criticize Hinduism endlessly.

If anyone criticizes Christianity and Islam by pointing out misogynistic ideas, people are quick to defend the men, saying not everyone who practices the religion is the same. But god forbid a someone puts their hands together, has a bindi on their face, or chants a Hindu god/goddess's name; people are quick to criticize the entire Hindu community because of some motherfuckers who twist the words and spread misogynistic ideas about a religion that is the most feminist and LGBTQ+-inclusive that I've ever seen.

[safije]

Islamophobes think Muslims will come to the West and impose "Shariah Law", meanwhile most Muslim majority countries' governments don't even rule by it, so how would a minority of Muslims in the USA do it? There are more countries with restrictions against Hijab and Niqab (including Muslim majority countries) than ones enforcing it.

Before Erdoğan was president, Turkish schools would not allow women to wear headscarves and some even got arrested for it.

[thetendertongue]

resacralization — the process of restoring spiritual meaning or reviving religion in various areas of life and thought. sometimes described as the alter ego of secularization

[embersofhope19]

[literaturha]

Secularization means, in the first place, a slackening of obligations—of any obligation. And, in certain cases, an elimination of such obligations. Apart from respecting laws, which implies the observance of an order, the only obligation that remains in every circumstance is the payment of taxes. No ritual is compulsory, not even that of voting. The resulting situation may rouse a subtle sense of euphoria. There, before the eyes of all, is a vast arena of what is available. And of what is permissible, so long as it is lawful.

Roberto Calasso, The Unnamable Present

[sweet-nothing26]

I personally think religious teachings should be completely banned from our school system and indoctrinating children with religion should be a federal crime. Like, think about it for a minute, what has religion offered humanity especially our youth except for religious trauma, fear, self-rejection and a low self-esteem? Nothing. The only benefit of belonging to a certain faith is having a false sense of community, an absurd and somewhat hopeful explanation of the human existence and supposedly being less lonely knowing there is always god by your side. Instead, we should be teaching our children how to think, dream, create and more importantly how to love. Children should be made aware of how powerful their brains are. They shouldn't be told to limit their thinking capacities. They should always have a curious approach to every matter in this life instead of simply saying god did it.