Między laickością a laicyzmem
Between the laicity and laicism

Summary/Abstract: The notion of secularism as part of the modern world refers to systems that value the conscience of their citizens. In terms of historical conditionality, one associates secularism with the separation of church and state. On the opposite pole there is the concept of secularism, of the ideology that is connected with the systems of totalitarian atheism. These systems seek to invoke the anti-religious notion of the world as their own conception of the good. Exclusion of religion and neglect in the life of societies and peoples follows from the assumption of an inadequate idea of secularism that does not pay attention to the historical memory and living tradition of European peoples. This version of secular thought, often fixed only as a superficial stereotype, invalidates the constructive, public role of religion in practice and in the historical and social life of a peculiarly wrong methodology etsi deus non daretur. "The openness" of the state should not only appear in the fact that one wants to achieve the attachment to the society by the building of their prosperity. Above all, one must satisfy the need for equality, reject the principle of unlimited competition from different world views, and respect human rights. The secularism opened to religion has advantages in public minds because religion is the primary factor in socializing, educating, and building virtue. Not only ethics is enough for a good life. It is doubtful without religion to reach the height of moral life. The proclamation of ethical relativism and the rejection of religion have helped make liberal societies helpless in the face of the threat of totalitarian ideologies. At present, a threat is the crisis of the idea of truth and the associated devaluation of human dignity and nihilism.

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