What should be America's Official Religion?

Question

If you don't like separation of Church and State, which Church do you want your tax money going to? Which church's prayers should students be forced to pray in school? Which church must people belong to to get a job or rent an apartment or buy a home? And suppose they chose a religion you disagree with, how would you handle that?

Answer 1

Girl Wonder
If America chose an official state religion, I'd leave.

Answer 2

Our US Constitution simply states in Article I:

- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
- of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise.

All that means, is that no religion shall be selected or prohibited. This DOES NOT say that a religion or religious sayings can't be displayed in public. It simply says "MAKE NO LAW" concerning it.

So here is how I would answer your question.

1. Which Church do you want your tax money going to?
- My taxes would not go to a church.

2. Which church's prayers should students be forced to pray in school?
- Students would not be forced to pray, but this does not prohibit a moment of silence or other time where people reflect privately.

3. Which church must people belong to to get a job or rent an apartment or buy a home?
- No selection would be made. However, you might be barred from renting or buying a home in a reliously oriented place, where their non-government rules may apply.

4. And suppose they chose a religion you disagree with?
- They won't. The Consistution says so.

Answer 3

We already have an official belief system. It is called the Constitution. Mess with it and Americans will hurt you. No child in America will ever be forced to pray in school, but no child should be forbidden to pray at school. No religion is the law in America, but it is not the law that there must not be religion. The government of the U.S. is prohibited from making any laws regarding the practice of religion. We are free to practice any religion or none. I personally will not tolerate any other arrangement. If your religion is one that promotes love and peace, you'll have my support. If your religion promotes war and intolerance,, you'll have something other than my support.
I should point out that no American president has the right to change our constitution. A nation's constitution requires the support and agreement of all of its citizens. The guy in the president's office is just the current manager. If he's a good manager, he won't try to change the basic, foundational agreements of our country. If he's an idiot, he might not care about our agreements, but his term will be over soon enough and then we might have to undo some of the damage he's done.
The real danger in this question is suppose they choose a religion to be the official state religion because the majority of Americans agrees with that religion. What then? Do we deport or execute the ones who disagree?
I am proud of being an American, even as I am deeply ashamed at some of the actions our country has taken, I am still proud of our principals and those principals are sometimes all we have to hold on to when there is a stupid, lying, violent, greedy man in the White House. I'm holding on.

Answer 4

Personally, I agree with the seperation of church and state. But if the first ammendment was revised to say "The state MUST acknowledge an official religion" it should be "The Church of Patriotism." In short, America would be a cult, ruled by "the leader" who is the president, and a spiritual leader. The religion would embrace the things that American's hold dear: entertainment, stereotypes, and being better than the rest of the world. I mean, it wouldn't be that bad, though the extremists would be uber-patriots that insist everyone be as patriotic as them...

Answer 5

Brush up on The Constitution of the United States of America:
The First Amendment guarentees the right to "religious" practice as one sees fit. It forbids congress from making a law to establish a national church or religion.
It does not place "a wall of separation between the church and the government". If you will read the writings of the Founding Fathers, you will find, "Government without the influence of religion is futile".
Also, you will find in the Declaration of Independance and the Constitution, many references and quotations which have a Biblical basis.
Also, many countries have tried to have a godless influence in government and society. Many of those countries have failed and have continual turmoil. Their answer was oppression and total control of the people.
The United States and Israel are the ONLY two constitutionally run countries in the world. That is because our Constitution comes from the Biblical practice of Covenents. If you will look at early American colonies, many of them operated under covenents.
If you want to live in a godless country and society, I suggest you try, France. They hate and highly regulate any religious practice...except Islam, of course. They won't fight with a bully.

Answer 6

Even if it were constitutional to do so, I would not want the US government to financially subsidize the Catholic Church, the one to which I belong.

Why not? Because I don't want the Church to become beholden to government.

History has shown us that once government starts subsidizing something, once it starts financially supporting something, it eventually gains a great amount of control over that something.

It would only be a matter of time before the Church became financially dependent on the government -- and then the government would have the Church by the balls, so to speak.

Government could then force its will on the Church -- it could even make the Church renounce its moral teachings such as the ones opposing abortion, gay marriage, and all the rest.

Answer 7

I am a Christian and I totally believe in your choice and try not to impose my beliefs on others. God gave us the will to believe as we wish. He put no restrictions on that. If you look in the Ten Commandments you will see that seperation of Church and State has been,by man,totally taken out of context. My tax money should not go to a Church. If you look in scripture when Peter was ask doth not your master pay tribute? Did Jesus not tell Peter to go catch a fish and from its mouth he would pull tax money for both himself and Jesus. He also said give unto Ceasar that which is his and unto God that which is his.NO one should ever be forced to pray. This part of your question is not related to the things of God but unto the orders of the Anti-christ for you shall not work buy or sell without the mark of the Anti-christ. Again that is there decission and I will continue to pray for there salvation. America has its own choice to make,as for me I'm not into religion but a relationship with Jesus. May the Lord bless you and I hope this is an answer you can relate to.

Answer 8

America should never have an official religion. If we did though, first I'd try to move to a different country. Crap here is bad enough as it is, and official religion would be the straw that broke the back...
Lets say I couldn't move away for some reason, then I'd pick Buddhism. Christianity would be my last choice.

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--I really wish LadyE was right about secular humanism being the official belief. Unfortunately, she is so wrong. This country is so enslaved by the bible. If S.H. was considered a religion, then i'd have to change my above answer to that.

Answer 9

The Government should not mandate or have any say in any religion. There should be no forced prayers. We have freedom of religion and it should remain our choice.I do not believe any of us want the government to make such an important decision for us. It is not capable of making it's own decisions. Leave religion up to the individual. I do feel however it should not restrict religious expression. If children wish to pray in school then they should have the right to do so. The right not the obligation. This holds true for all religions.
Peace Be With You,
Debra

Answer 10

No country should have an official religion. Church (or Mosque come to that) and State should be completely and permanently separated. Religious belief is for the individual and not the State.