Is Modern Armenia (2016) a Secular Country?

[Petros Agapetos]

Is modern Armenia a secular country?

How secular is our country? Secularism means separation of religion from government.

Secularism is the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institutions and religious dignitaries.

One manifestation of secularism is asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, or, in a state declared to be neutral on matters of belief, from the imposition by government of religion or religious practices upon its people.

Another manifestation of secularism is the view that public activities and decisions, especially political ones, should be uninfluenced by religious beliefs and/or practices.

[Petros Agapetos]

Secularism draws its intellectual roots from Greek and Roman philosophers such as Epicurus and Marcus Aurelius; from Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, Denis Diderot, Voltaire, Baruch Spinoza, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine; and from more recent freethinkers and atheists such as Robert Ingersoll and Bertrand Russell.

[Petros Agapetos]

The purposes and arguments in support of secularism vary widely. In European laicism, it has been argued that secularism is a movement toward modernization, and away from traditional religious values (also known as secularization). This type of secularism, on a social or philosophical level, has often occurred while maintaining an official state church or other state support of religion.

In the United States, some argue that state secularism has served to a greater extent to protect religion and the religious from governmental interference, while secularism on a social level is less prevalent. Within countries as well, differing political movements support secularism for varying reasons

[Jehan]

I don't think anybody on this forum have a real knowledge about armenia and might give you an answear.


Mine will be very superficial.
Armenia seems to be a secular country but due to history and geopolitical reason, christianity have a huge spot in armenian identity.

[Petros Agapetos]

I don't think anybody on this forum have a real knowledge about armenia and might give you an answear.


Mine will be very superficial.
Armenia seems to be a secular country but due to history and geopolitical reason, christianity have a huge spot in armenian identity.

That is absolutely right. I wish our country were more secular though. The best countries in the world in terms of standard of living and civil rights are all secular, US, France, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, etc.

I opened this thread so that Armenians who live in Armenia could tell us the truth about our country.

[magyar_lány]

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[Petros Agapetos]

Poll: Armenia second most religious country in the world

The seven most intensely religious nations in the poll are Thailand, with 94 percent of the population saying it’s religious, followed by Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia, Morocco, Fiji, and South Africa.

[Petros Agapetos]

It looks like the Armenian people strongly identify as Christian.
But I wonder whether the government is secular nonetheless.

[Bezprym]

I opened this thread so that Armenians who live in Armenia could tell us the truth about our country.

You may have to wait quite long.

[Root]

Poll: Armenia second most religious country in the world

The seven most intensely religious nations in the poll are Thailand, with 94 percent of the population saying it’s religious, followed by Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia, Morocco, Fiji, and South Africa.

Importance of religion by country




source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Import...ion_by_country



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