'The rise of the modern state was not the solution to the "wars of religion" -it was the most significant cause of them.
Russell Blackford's article is a well-intentioned effort at achieving a workable modus vivendi in a world where atheists, Catholics, Muslims and others must all learn to get along. His solution is a familiar one: let's take what divides us - religion, defined as beliefs about otherworldly matters - and privatize it. We can then all agree in public, at least in principle, on merely worldly matters.'
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