Do you believe there should be separation of church & state in the U.S.?

Question

Why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes there should, because not everyone believes what the government believes when it comes to religion. What if you are an atheist and work in the army and the president says "god told me to go to war." The atheist soldier is fighting for another man's beliefs when that man won't fight for it himself.

Answer 2

Yes, just the simple fact that more than one religion exists, proves that there is no god. So why have anyone run a country if they are gullible enough to believe that there is one. This isn't a Sunday outing with family, it's an entire nation. It has been proven time and time again that the church changes it's text to suit the technological advancements on the time, e.g. all the planets and sun revolve around the earth. Back then if someone tried to disprove that they were killed, or called a witch then killed. I agree before civilized society we needed rules (commandments) to create civility, but once that was achieved it should have been moved to a museum. Controversial I know but that's just how I feel.

Answer 3

Definitely yes! Our country has the freedom of religion. That means we each get to choose our own belief system by which to live. If we start blurring the lines between state and church that freedom will gradually disappear as well. And once that freedom is gone, where does it end? Will we be able to say what we wish, read what we want? Will fire arms be restricted to the military and police? Will the president end up not leaving the white house... ever? The rules of our government have been carefully planned out to protect all of us, not just the majority. If you feel that the government ought to place religion into our state run lives, try living as a minority for awhile. Feel what its like to be the one whose skin is a different color or whose religion is non-Christian. Then you'll completely understand why those rules are there.

Answer 4

The only way it will work is to separate people from state. The church is the people who share a faith. The state is the people of the United States of America. Whether it is the church of Jesus christ, the Church of Atheism, the Church of Judaism, the Church of Hindu.....if we kick them all out of the government, who remains to govern or to be governed?

The government according to the constitution (try reading it) is forbade from establishing or working to disestablish any religious order. Unfortunately the government finds that a trick hard to accomplish, and oscillates from establishment to disestablishment repeatedly through history. Why? Because of the people: the strong will of the governed as well as the governing.

Answer 5

There already is separation of church and state. There are no government-sponsored religions. We do, however, have freedom of religion, which means people are free to practice in their religions as they see fit. I like it that way.

Brit surfer: If the president said that he wanted to go to war because God told him to, Congress would have to approve it. Never gonna happen.

The government does not have a sponsored belief. There are traditions borrowed from Christianity for government proceedings, but an athiest is always given the option to decline any portion that mentions God. Been there, done that. Signed up for the military twice, fully able to leave out that clause.

Answer 6

for all those who say that phrase "separation between church and state" has been taken out of context and look at history and youll see a different meaning than today... who gives a ****. were not living in 1776... im pretty sure its somewhere around 2006 but dont quote me on that. meanings change with different times. were not ben franklin (at least not that i know of) or thomas jefferson... were the people of today trying to make things as fair as possible and let everyone live happily. seriously if thats so wrong i dont wanna be right.

Answer 7

Seems obvious to me. The same reason it was concocted it all still applies today. The government should not choose one religion above another everyone should have the right to worship according to there own beliefs or lack of. we should be a nation of freedoms and not a theocracy. As a Christian I follow the teachings of Christ who taught that he was the salvation and all men were sinners and we live under his grace and not the righteous law of God.I would prefer that people be allowed to teach there children this and not forced to do so nor do I believe we sould be forced to worship any other God.It is a man who shold choose his beliefs and his moralitys so long as his beliefs do not infringe upon the rights of others.

Answer 8

I agree with "da dude" If you study the history of where that came from, it was in a letter written by Thomas Jefferson and it was phrased that the government should not interfere with the church... it was never meant for the church to be out of government. This is why our national seal, currency, founding documents as well as our Pledge of Allegiance all have Spiritual applications.

Answer 9

Yes, laws should be made by the state and not according to some church rule. What is allowed in one church may not be in another. You can't have laws that favour one religion over another. Look what happens to countries who have religious leadership!

Answer 10

there is already and getting more militant every day .SOON no symbols of GOD will be permitted in the open .THIS will be a great victory for freedom in america .
THE churches have declared war on freedom of choice for to long and the people will win the battle in the end .
RELIGION will become what it always was a cult .
NO matter which religion or how many members it is still a cult .

Answer 11

the fact of the matter is-there can't be. the government is made up of people-people have morals, values, convictions-which are generally influenced by a church or religion of some sort. one could try to be unbias or neutral-but most governement issues are neither unbias nor neutral-we elect our government officials to make decisions for us (we vote on them generally based one our own morals, values, etc.) so we WANT them to decide-to stand for something-when religion influences those in power-you can only have separation of church and state in theory (or on paper) but not in actuality.