[spiderfarmer]

I'm talking about secularism. True separation of church and state at any level of government.

This enables us to talk freely about religious belief and to educate our kids on how they have been exploited by many factions over the years.

It doesn't limit your own spirituality. It also doesn't hand the keys to the country to one specific group of people.

[Reasoning]

> Countries with strong secular foundations regularly top global indexes of well-being, prosperity, and social progress.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-...

Only 1 of the top 5 countries in this list have neither blasphemy laws or a state church. 2 of them have both.

[spiderfarmer]

If your point is that they're doing good because they still pay some ceremonial tribute to their religious past, or that they're doing good because they had a strong religious foundation at some point, how do you square that with the correlation between these countries doing better and the decrease in the influence of religion?