04-20-2007, 05:46 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->However, secularism was defined by Christian societies who ensured that core Christianity would be bypassed by secularism by defining religion as "private".
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Yes Secularism was defined in Western Europe to reduce the role of the Church in their temporal life- running of their lives throught state control. This was possible due to the Enlightenment movement of the 1800s. The beginings were from the Reformation (Luther) through various thinkers and led to the Enlightenment after contact with the Hindu worldview via William Jones and German brothers.

