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What do secularists believe?

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Stephanie Pontoppidan

They don’t necessarily believe in anything! Secularism is the detachment from religion as a whole. It is not the same as atheism, which is the belief that there is no God. Secularism instead, is the detachment from any belief at all.

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Madeleine Pollard

Secularists advocate for a separation between religion and state, meaning they believe that they are two separate entities and should be treated as such. For example, the UK is a secular country, meaning our laws and government do not co-align with religion.

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Juhi Motwani

Secularists believe that religion should not influence government and public life, advocating for a society based on reason, equality, and scientific understanding.

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Kaan Gullu

Secularists believe that any religion should not hole any influence in government, politics or how society is run. This is distinguished from Atheism is more explicitly the disbelief in God existing and is thus more personal and individual in nature than secularism.

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