Few lies have been more destructive than the lie that government and religion can be separated – so called secularism. “Secular” government has never existed and it never can. It is an academic fallacy for three simple reasons:
- all nations must have laws;
- all laws are based on someone’s ideas of right and wrong (morality); and
- all morality is a matter of religious belief.
This remains true whether laws are based on a theistic religion (one that believes in God) or a non-theistic religion, such as Humanism. For decades Humanists pulled the wool over our eyes by claiming to be “secular” (an impossibility) while their own publications declare that they are a religion.[1]
Religion underpins all law because, as renowned jurist Lord Denning said:
“Without religion there can be no morality: and without morality there can be no law.”[2]
Hence, all law is enacted morality. A nation cannot be “secular” because its laws must all be based on religious beliefs about right and wrong.
It is therefore impossible to separate religion and government. If we want good government, we must discover from history the beliefs that have produced the best laws and the most beneficent form of authority.
This is the most fundamental and crucial question facing any nation. Which beliefs about right and wrong have a proven record of producing love-based justice, freedom and prosperity for everyone in the nation regardless of their race or religion?
[1] See Humanist Manifesto I at http://www.americanhumanist.org/Who_We_Are/About_Humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_I
[2] The Rt Hon Sir Alfred (Later Lord) Denning, “The Changing Law” page 99. Another way to put it is this. Government is about making and maintaining laws. All laws (even administrative laws) try to restrain evil, or reinforce good (i.e. morality). All morality depends on beliefs that are not just unproven, but unproveable and, hence, religious even if non-theistic.
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