https://freethinker.co.uk/2024/07/an-upcoming-secularist-conference-on-the-safeguarding-of-liberal-values-in-a-time-of-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-upcoming-secularist-conference-on-the-safeguarding-of-liberal-values-in-a-time-of-crisis The magazine of freethought, open enquiry and irreverence Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://freethinker.co.uk/2024/07/an-upcoming-secularist-conference-on-the-safeguarding-of-liberal-values-in-a-time-of-crisis/#comment-317 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:44:53 +0000 https://freethinker.co.uk/?p=14295#comment-317 Religion has no official political power. Citizens can think as they like and say what they think. A democratic republic is the best known form of government. These are the seeds of liberalism expressed 350 years ago, in a time where none of these things existed anywhere on earth. Those seeds have produced a crop of nations where these values are strongly rooted. Comparing the world that was shocked by Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in 1670 to ours reveals how far the Western world has advanced. It’s not all bad. In fact, it’s mostly good.

]]> https://freethinker.co.uk/2024/07/an-upcoming-secularist-conference-on-the-safeguarding-of-liberal-values-in-a-time-of-crisis/#comment-299 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:58:03 +0000 https://freethinker.co.uk/?p=14295#comment-299 The so-called “far-right” gaining ground is a reaction to immigration. Free speech in the UK no longer exists. People get arrested/jailed for jokes on social media, or making “It’s OK to be White” stickers, or complaining about rioters who happen to be non-White.

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