- published: 04 Aug 2015
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Secularity (adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from religion, or not being exclusively allied to any particular religion.
For instance, eating and bathing may be regarded as examples of secular activities, because there may not be anything inherently religious about them. Nevertheless, both eating and bathing are regarded as sacraments in some religious traditions, and therefore would be religious activities in those world views. Saying a prayer derived from religious text or doctrine, worshipping through the context of a religion, and attending a religious school are examples of religious (non-secular) activities. Prayer and meditation are not necessarily non-secular, since the concept of spirituality and higher consciousness are not married solely to any religion but are practiced and arose independently across a continuum of cultures.
Most businesses and corporations, and some governments, are secular organizations. All of the state universities in the United States are secular organizations (especially because of the combined effect of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution) while some private universities are connected with the Christian or Jewish religions. Among many of these, some prominent examples are Baylor University, Brigham Young University, Boston College, Emory University, the University of Notre Dame, Duquesne University, Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, and Yeshiva College.
Violence and agression become passion in this world
Walking down the alley smelling the prey – tally ho!
Feeling like a hunter aiming for the strongest stag
All the satisfied and all the fat should now take care
Are you afraid – he came to judge you
Are you afraid – they call him thrasher
Who is to blame – violence and aggression
Who is to blame – hatred of the thrasher
Fear the stalking thrasher in the canyons you call
streets
Resistance from the gutter getting hotter day by day
Victims never get to know the violators name
Leaders of society they hide in towers of glass
Are you afraid – he came to judge you
Are you afraid – they call him thrasher
Who is to blame – violence and aggression
Who is to blame – hatred of the thrasher
Who do you think you are?
Everytime you went to far
You planted a gentle breeze
But a hurricane is what you harvest
Are you afraid – he came to judge you
Are you afraid – they call him thrasher
Who is to blame – violence and aggression