What does secular mean?
911951
separated from religion\n\n:> peace\n.
214526
We have the wrong idea about what the word "holy" means. The actual word means "set apart". Am I set apart? Yes. Am I a saint? Only because I am clothed with the righteousness of Christ--not of my doing.
433250
God with a capital is God, the Holy One.\n\ngod with no capital is pagan gods. It refers to other things people worshiped. Like the golden calf, statues,etc...
4856
Secularism is commonly defined as the idea that religion should not interfere with or be integrated into the public affairs of a society. It is often associated with the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, and plays a major role in Western society. The principles of separation of church and state in the United States and Laïcité in France draw heavily on secularism.\n\n\nDefinition\nAs secularism is often used in different contexts, its precise definition can vary from place to place. In philosophy, secularism is the belief that life can be best lived by applying ethics, and the universe best understood, by processes of reasoning, without reference to a god or gods or other supernatural concepts. Secularism in this sense was coined by George Jacob Holyoake and is one of the precursors of modern secular humanism.\n\nWhen applied to society, secularism is considered to be any of a range of situations where a society less automatically assumes religious beliefs to be either widely shared or a basis for conflict in various forms, than in recent generations of the same society. In this sense secularism is linked to the sociological concept of secularization and may be upheld as an academic thesis, rather than advocated as a desirable state of affairs.\n\nIn government, secularism means a policy of avoiding entanglement between government and religion (ranging from reducing ties to a state religion to promoting secularism in society), of non-discrimination among religions (providing they don't deny primacy of civil laws), and of guaranteeing human rights of all citizens, regardless of the creed (and, if conflicting with certain religious rules, by imposing priority of the universal human rights).\n\nSecularism can also mean the practice of working to promote any of those three forms of secularism. It should not be assumed that an advocate of secularism in one sense will also be a secularist in any other sense. It is also important to remember that secularism does not necessarily equate to atheism; indeed, many secularists have counted themselves among the religious.\n\nThe antonym of secularism is usually theocracy, which is a form of government where religion often plays a major or dominant role.
362425
Atheism is itself a religion, people who practice it accept on faith that there is no God. As such, they can be just as intolerant as members of any religion. Agnostics are wishy-washy theological bums that can't be bothered to have an opinion. The only way to truly practice principled secularism, is through Deism.
83599
"Religious" = practices, rituals... going through the motions\n\n"Spiritual" = the motivation behind what you believe, faithfulness
779034
India is a secular country ~ written in the constitution, unfortunately...not reflected in the "real life".
1055193
I think the word you are looking for is Pagan:\n\npa·gan    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (pgn) n. \n1. One who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew, especially a worshiper of a polytheistic religion. \n2. One who has no religion. \n3. A non-Christian. \n4. A hedonist. \n5. A Neo-Pagan. \n\nadj. \n1. Not Christian, Muslim, or Jewish. \n2. Professing no religion; heathen. \n3. Neo-Pagan.
1078006
secular, polyphonic, and round?
847532
The dictionary defines pagan as either non-religious, or non monotheistic.  Most commonly, however, pagan is used to describe something or someone as non-religous, non-Christian, or man-made (such as a man-made belief/tradition/doctrine).  \n\nAn agnostic is someone who either believes in a supernatural being (or God) but this being has no power, control or influence over the person's life (or life in general); or it can be someone who does not believe that there is an intelligent being who made all things and influences life. (or an atheist, if you will)\n\nA non-believer is similar to an agnostic/atheist, but may have been acquainted with or was a part of a religion that no longer believes. (or an apostate, if you will)\n\nHope that helps :)\n\n\nalso to answer theist:\n\nA theist is one who believes that there is a higher being, but does not believe the supernatural factors in religion.  Some agnostics could be considered a theist.  I suppose there are two forms of agnostics....\n\nWe might need a chart... lol
922123
Faithfreedom\n\ngoogle it
754615
It means not to worry about earthly problems.  God's watching over you.  He's in his heaven and he makes sure things are as they should be even if to you they're major catastrophe.  He's taking care to solve in long range and  unique way to make earth as it should be.
1045960
Yes. Religion is an organized system of belief in the divine.  In the context of religion, faith is the belief in such a system.
802567
What are you referring to?  Are you referring to a set of morals or ideology, or different religious sects?  Please be more specific.\n\n"Conservative Christianity" is not a sect per se.  It is a term that is used to characterised the beliefs of Christians who have a strict interpretation of some of the "rules" set out in their religion.  While many of the people who are commonly referred to in the media as "conservative christians" belong to the Evangelical (or "born again") sect, they can just as easily be Catholic, Orthodox, etc.\n\nConservative christians are usually quite pious and traditional when it comes to values pertaining to the role of men vs. women, reproductive rights, and sexual rights, as can be seen in high-profile media coverage of such contentious topics as gay marriage and abortion in the U.S.\n\nThis is not to say that all conservative christians are anti-gay or anti-abortion.  Some may have tolerant beliefs in this regard, but may be conservative in other areas.
880398
The very thought of the word "atheist" means opposite of morality. Atheists that come to a religious site are incapable of being moral and decent.
873380
The adjective divine means \nHaving the nature of or being a deity. \nOf, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity: sought divine guidance through meditation. \nBeing in the service or worship of a deity; sacred. \nSuperhuman; godlike. \n\nSupremely good or beautiful; magnificent: a divine performance of the concerto. \nExtremely pleasant; delightful: had a divine time at the ball. \nHeavenly; perfect. \n\n"To divine" is to foretell or predict.\n\ns
921919
PIOUS (piety)\n\nPiety is a desire and willingness to perform spiritual, often ascetic rituals. It is a traditional virtue because in some religions, it is the only known way to win the favor or forgiveness of deities, that is, to "propitiate" them. It is humility and pacificity before God or 'the gods'.\n\nPious is a cultural center for peaceful resolution of societal conflicts. Historically, humankind has pursued war and oppression in the name of religion. But the solution is actually quite simple - a pious life is about love, not hate.\n\n\nRELIGIOUS\n\nA general term given to a specific organization that defict their faith, beliefs, and movements.\n\nRefers primarily to a type of Religion, and their works, faith, and belief.\n\nHOLY\n\nSinless, without blemish.\n\nHoliness is the state of being holy, that is, set apart for the worship or service of God or gods. It is most usually ascribed to people, but can be and often is ascribed to objects, times, or places.