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#Secularism

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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

   To Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, are we indebted, more than to all others, for a human government, and for a Constitution in which no God is recognized superior to the legally expressed will of the people.
   They knew that to put God in the Constitution was to put man out. They knew that the recognition of a Deity would be seized upon by fanatics and zealots as a pretext for destroying the liberty of thought. They knew the terrible history of the church too well to place in her keeping, or in the keeping of her God, the sacred rights of man. They intended that all should have the right to worship, or not to worship; that our laws should make no distinction on account of creed. They intended to found and frame a government for man, and for man alone. They wished to preserve the individuality and liberty of all; to prevent the few from governing the many, and the many from persecuting and destroying the few.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society

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WIST Quotations · Lecture (1873-12) "Individuality," Chicago Free Religious Society - Ingersoll, Robert Green | WIST QuotationsTo Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, are we indebted, more than to all others, for a human government, and for a Constitution in which no God is recognized superior to the legally expressed will of the people. They knew that to put God in the Constitution was to put man out.…
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WIST Quotations

A quotation from John Adams

The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature; and if men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves of artifice, imposture, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. Although the detail of the formation of the American governments is at present little known or regarded either in Europe or in America, it may hereafter become an object of curiosity. It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the inspiration of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or houses, or laboring in merchandise or agriculture; it will forever be acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the sense.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of The United States of America, Vol. 1, Preface (1787)

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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the book as false or foolish are destroying the foundation of our country. The truth is, our government is not founded upon the rights of gods, but upon the rights of men. Our Constitution was framed, not to declare and uphold the deity of Christ, but the sacredness of humanity. Ours is the first government made by the people and for the people. It is the only nation with which the gods have had nothing to do. And yet there are some judges dishonest and cowardly enough to solemnly decide that this is a Christian country, and that our free institutions are based upon the infamous laws of Jehovah.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1873-12), “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society

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Jack Vance

Efforts to promote the National Day of Reason have always emphasized secularism more than reason itself. Has this been a mistake, turning off many of those who would benefit from understanding the value of reason?

#reason #humanism #freethought #secularism #atheism

medium.com/@atheistrevolution/

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Medium · May 4 Is the National Day of Reason | MediumBy Jack Vance
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Nonilex

The trend is also evident in other areas, notably a 2023 ruling that found that #FreeSpeech protections shield some #businesses from having to provide services to #SameSex couples (the case involving a would-be Colorado wedding website designer).

Justin Driver, a Yale #law prof, said #SCOTUS’ recent #jurisprudence has recalibrated the #Constitution’s traditional balance between #religion & #secularism as laid out in the #FirstAmendment.

#ChurchAndState#NewApostolicReformation#ActivistCourt
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France and Quebec are on the correct path for preserving democracy, as long as christian symbols are also banned.

The Abrahamic religions are a clear and present threat to democracy and freedom, for living under oppressive religious dictates, which the religious demand we submit, is not freedom.

Religion controls Iran. Religion controls Israel. Religion is enabling a war between India and Pakistan.

euronews.com/2025/04/30/from-s

Headline: Religion 'Maga Catholics' are gaining ground in the US. Now their sight is set on the Vatican
France: Secularism as state doctrine France enforces one of the continent’s most rigid interpretations of secularism. All public-sector workers — from civil servants to interns — must refrain from expressing religious, philosophical, or political beliefs in any visible manner. This strict neutrality is not just a policy, but a pillar of the French Republic, designed to preserve an impartial public sphere.
Euronews Headline From Spain to Sweden: European countries diverge on religious symbols in public office
#NoPeaceUntilNoReligion#Religion#Secularism
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GH Ogawa

I suppose this aligns with the sick, dishonest and distorted interpretation of #secularism in the West, that the likes of Pierre Poilievre, Francois Legault and Yves-François Blanchet embrace in order to conceal their hatred.

theguardian.com/world/2025/apr

The Guardian · French Muslims decry religious hatred as mosque stabbing suspect arrestedBy Angelique Chrisafis
#Islamophobia
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