Saying that private beliefs or religion should…

Saying that beliefs or religion should remain private is an oxymoron of sorts; if “keeping beliefs private” was really meant then even what is mostly considered good like kindness to others or helping others should have had no public manifestation and people would simply keep all thoughts to themselves. This is the height of paradox – and of course this is not what is meant in the secularist’s language by “private beliefs”, rather they deem that it must be kept private only when it interferes negatively with the goals and aims of the secular polity, not when it confirms or reinforces them.