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State, Democracy And Secularism
I have a question. I heard Mr. Ghamidi talk about democracy and nation-states, but there’s some confusion. He mentioned at one point that ‘America is a Christian state,’ which I didn’t quite understand. He also argued that there are signs of the Christian religion on their currency notes or some important symbols. Is this justifiable? I mean, in one place, we say that the state should not belong to any religion. On the other hand, we see that government or state agencies’ symbols can also be religious. So, how can these two coexist?
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State, Democracy And Secularism
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This is a Principle stance that a state can’t have a religion as religion belongs to human and the institution of state is not a human. However the people who run the government and the country itself may have a religion(s) or religious cultural backgrounds which reflect in many ways.
Moreover sometimes in common parlance state and country are interchangeable but not when discussed technically.
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