Separation of Church and State

I don’t believe in the separation of Church and State because very little exists in a vacuum and by default secularism will rule when religion is driven out of the public square. There is no such thing as a neutral state and unfortunately something must become the dominant mode of society and the community, e.g. contrary to the arguments of academics, politicians and journalists society is still conformist. It’s just conformed to the belief that everyone is different and special in their own way. To the idea of egalitarianism between the sexes. To racial equality. To environmentalism. To the idea that religion is false and poison with skepticism, atheism and science promoted as good and true.

Recently I have been interested how the Eastern Orthodox Church handled such matters.

I didn’t like how the Protestant Church handled it (much worse than the Catholic Church). Their plan played out instead as a slippery slope from moderate Christianity (18th century) to outright hostile unbelief (21st century). One can muse that such a path was inevitable since the Protestant Church severed their ties with institutional authority (e.g. Catholic Church) and was itself in a paradoxal position.

Striking the balance of religious dedication (e.g. theological conservatism) with adequate liberty would be the best option but that’s hard work and in the past societies that adopted such ingredients (e.g. classical liberalism) tipped over with liberty becoming the defining value (e.g. modern liberalism).

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