I am Chatolic and I support State Atheism.
Before judging me, I ask that you please read my reasoning and understand how I arrived at this idea, If I am wrong, I am willing to learn.
I started thinking this way after seeing countless politicians who call themselves Christians (including Catholics) using religion for political gain, many of them mix Christianity with chauvinistic, prejudiced, and divisive rhetoric.
Over time, I came to the conclusion that allowing religious propagation within politics often ends up being harmful, both to the people who suffer from these chauvinistc rethorics and to Christians themselves, many people begin associating these attitudes with the religion itself, as if Christianity were naturally intolerant or chauvinistic. In fact, several of my friends distanced themselves from the Church precisely because of this type of behavior coming from religious politicians. I do not think I need to explain how damaging this is to the Christian faith, additionally, my country is officially secular, yet I still constantly see religious symbols associated with intolerant and extremist politicians, this made me lose part of my trust in the current concept of secularism, because I rarely see a truly clear separation between religion and politics
I want to make it clear that I do not support historical “atheist states” that persecuted religions. What I support is a state completely separated from religion in its political and educational institutions, while at the same time guaranteeing absolute religious freedom and prohibiting any form of religious persecution, in this model, every person would have the right to freely follow their faith, but religion itself would be treated by the state as an individual and private matter, similar to personal preferences or other aspects of private life.
