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[–] stickly@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

"Semantics"

My guy, they just laid out your argument and demonstrated the particular flaws in your reasoning. What you're describing isn't secularism, it's wishing the state would enforce your particular world view.

Guess what? Removing religious mysticism from the equation doesn't make that viable or ethical. They already tried this during the French Revolution and it sucked. Giving the state powers to attack nebulous things like metaphysical beliefs is reverting back to the problems we had for thousands of years under Popes and Kings and Caliphs and Emperors.