Why are large parts of South America Catholic? Why are large parts of the Mddle East Muslim? Answer: Conquest. It seems that in many parts of the World, your religion is most likely to be that of the last conqueror of your country. How arbitrary!!
Secularism 1. a doctrine that rejects religion, esp. in ethics. 2. the attitude that religion should have no place in civil affairs.
Humanism the rejection of religion in favour of a belief in the advancement of humanity by its own efforts.
Atheism rejection of belief in God or Gods.
Fundamentalism (Relating to Christianity) the view that the Bible is divinely inspired and is literally true. (Relating to Islam) a movement favouring strict observance of the teachings of the Koran and Islamic law.
“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own—a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty.” Albert Einstein, column for The New York Times, Nov. 9, 1930.
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