It is now considered admirable to die for your country, but not for your religion. Many secular thinkers now regard “religion” as inherently belligerent and intolerant, and an irrational, backward and violent “other” to the peaceable and humane liberal state – an attitude with an unfortunate echo of the colonialist view of indigenous peoples as hopelessly “primitive”, mired in their benighted religious beliefs. There are consequences to our failure to understand that our secularism, and its understanding of the role of religion, is exceptional. - Karen Armstrong, Historian
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000
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