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September 15, 2011, 2:00pm
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Re: What is your argument against secularism?
IceSoul - let it go, it’s a lost cause at this point. Arguing here is not going to change Pakistan’s future.
Very few people understood why slavery was inhumane, women have been oppressed for centuries and nobody cared enough to free them from their cultural and religious “duties” until now, nobody cares enough for anybody to take a stand against the system unless they are affected by it.
History repeats itself. Right now they all feel a secular system will destroy their morals, they prefer morality over humanity. It’s sad but they are really not that different from those people who once thought slavery, racism, and women abuse were natural. Historically, people have become less barbaric with every revolution. Sooner or later, they will have to give up.
It’s going to take more than just us talking for them to understand that without humanism, morality doesn’t exist. They see secularism as something unrelated to humanism, which I don’t get why but then again, it’s probably just another argument in their favor. They do not really understand secularism. A secular system doesn’t have to match an existing secular system. Make up your own to fit the needs of the country and keep teaching religion in your homes and mosques. Keep sending your kids to Islamic schools and teach them good values. Why must you persecute someone based on some 7th century law?
It doesn’t matter what they all think anyway, it’s the Pakistani people that need to be made aware of their human rights first. The change is inevitable. You can only resist it so much. When the entire world embraces secularism, it will be nearly impossible for them to fight it off. Remember, had the U.N. never intervened, Saudi markets would still be selling slaves - well sex slave trade is actually still there but at least it’s illegal.
Such pretty words yet no substance and logic. I would like to see where the UN intervened on Saudi slave trade markets. Got any proof to back that up?
Also it seems you consider yourself a student of history yet fail to listen to the wisdom of Jean Luc Picard. “History is written by the victor”. Maybe that is why you read racism and female abuse was natural as it was a good portion of Judeo-christian history from the 1500s to the 1800s. I mean colonialism after all was based on racism.