--- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RESPONSE: The programme on BBC 4, put forth a view, Indians are a very religious lot. The problem with India could be the secularism. It would make more sense to embrace all Religions i.e. pluralism. I subscribe to this, setting aside religion is not the way forward, rather inclusion for all forms of religion could be the light at the end of the tunnel. > Mario replies: Gabe, in your zeal I think you are trying to be too clever by half. The following are the dictionary definitions of secularism and pluralism. You may be making a distinction without a difference:
Main Entry: plu·ral·ism Pronunciation: 'plur-&-"li-z&m Function: noun : a state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain an autonomous participation in and development of their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization b : a concept, doctrine, or policy advocating this state. Main Entry: sec·u·lar·ism Pronunciation: 'se-ky&-l&-"ri-z&m Function: noun : indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations