... according to Arendt does not understand the meaning of secularism.
1. Secularization in the political sense of the word means that religion has no public authority. So where does authority for our values come from? It seems that with the decline of religion, authority is also lost, but the two are not necessarily linked.
2. The concept of "freedom" does not only have a religious origin. Christianity brought people freedom outside of public life, while we value freedom in the public domain.
3. Communism itself avoids comparison with a religion. They attack all freedoms.