The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings.
At the end of the 30 Years War then, Europe broadly decided to separate the sacred from the secular in its political culture. I know that is an oversimplification, but it is instructive, and it led to a growth in religious tolerance that has characterized the best of Western life since.
One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.
Religion of any form is a sacred matter. It involves the relation of the individual to some Being believed to be infinitely supreme. It involves not merely character and life here, but destiny hereafter, and as such is not to be spoken of lightly or flippantly.
Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
Politics itself is not sacred any more.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.
Nothing is sacred, right?
The road to the sacred leads through the secular.