The problem with secularism, as I see it, is that secularists itself seem to be unwilling to define what it is, what it really stands for, aside from “Freedom of speech” or “reason” (vague terms), or to risk anything in its defense. Pretending to go along with one’s captors, in order to rise up against them afterwards, never seems to work out. The majority of people in such circumstances never rise up, if history is any guide, they just go with the flow.
If you believe in something, you should be willing to defend it. Not everyone is going to be brave enough to face death in a cause, but people should at least be able to say what they believe in, and defend it, verbally, if not physically. That’s not animal behavior, that’s human behavior. As has been seen time and time again, a society that can’t defend itself, and its beliefs, will fall, and have beliefs imposed on it by others.
What are strictly secular values, and is there anything about them that will cause secularists to actually fight for them, and the west, instead of hemming, hawing, pushing platitudes or aiming at soft targets, such as Christians?
