It seems there is a big push to take God out of school and our court systems. Why do people who don't want to read and become informed about God always try to put him down.
2006-08-06 10:09:00 · 18 answers · asked by skip1960 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
because the ones in control have decided to exalt themselves above Him. Most think there is some sort of God, but they don't want Him to be defined by absolute truth because they would have to admit their guilt.
As with any sin, it is all about pride in choosing their own way.
2006-08-06 10:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by get_unlost 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Keeping God out of the functions of the state prevents one religion paying
for the promotion of another (for instance, Jews promoting Christians
by paying taxes).
It is quite possible to define a state that does not depend on its
individuals being of any particular religion or having any religion at all.
Put the shoe on the other foot: Lets imagine that this country was Hindi.
You, presumably, are not. Do you want to pay taxes to keep the Hindi
temple shiny and pay for government employees to take the various
Hindi holidays off?
This is not a Christian country: This is a country where the majority of
the population classify themselves as one of the many varieties of
Christian, but we have just about every religion you care to name here.
Yes, I am sure there are people here that are trying to say that God
doesn't exist ... but that isn't the same issue as he shouldn't become
part of the running of the state.
The concept of the separation of state was created by primarily Christians!
2006-08-06 17:17:28 · answer #2 · answered by Elana 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The simple answer here is "fear." People fear the unknown and God is certainly the "unknown." This country was founded for "religious freedom." At the time, it was "christianity" but since then, many people practice other religions. I understand their views, but I don't think that pushing God totally out of schools is right, because if you teach that there is no God at all...then chaos ensues.
I believe that the Christian God (Jesus) is the true God, and that if you don't believe in Him, then you will have a rude awakening when you die, but I also believe that you have the free will to choose whatever "god" you like.
2006-08-06 17:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by music_junkie_55 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because most of us who oppose things like prayer in schools understand that your God and my God might be different. What if I'm muslim? Should we have a school-mandated prayer five times a day because that's a requirement of Islam?
EDIT: I am of the opinion that even a "moment of silence" is too much. If you want to pray at the start of the school day, then go for it - it's your right, and I support that. Moreover, nobody ever has the right to tell you that you CAN'T pray. And I support that as well.
However, as an atheist, I believe that a moment of silence is insulting, among other things. When a moment of silence is held for prayer in your chosen religion, those of us who have no religion are basically being told "Pray to God or shut your pie hole." That's not right.
Your belief in God is yours, and I shouldn't be allowed to take that away. But my belief that there is no God is mine, and you shouldn't be allowed to force me to subscribe to your beliefs, either.
2006-08-06 17:12:36 · answer #4 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a believer, but I've thought long and hard about this. I think the actions of certain Christians, by failing to follow Christ's teachings, or by failing to follow the teachings of their Bible or Torah, give the wrong example to unbelievers and other skeptics who then take this as meaning that God isn't real or good.
If you study your history, you'll find plenty of examples of Christians who committed unspeakable evils. This isn't limited to Catholics or Protestants, Evangelicals or Baptists. It goes across the board. You study your European history and you'll see why the founding fathers established separation of Church and State. It was to protect both, the one from the other.
Jesus says "Give to Caeser what belongs to Caeser and to God what belongs to God." Other translations say "“Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”
What many political Evangelicals and other Protestants in America seem to be doing is trying to bring Christianity into all aspects of government. If they were truly trying only to get people to think of God, they would ally their selves with Jews, Catholics, and other People of the Book to bring a variety of viewpoints about God. Instead, they come off as trying to push their own view. And when you push, people push back.
You can't force people to come to God. You invite them to the table, and if they find fulfillment, they stay.
2006-08-06 17:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AMEN.. I wonder that myself.. If people don't believe in God then why should it bother them when they see a cross, or see in God we trust, or religious holidays? If they get the same days off then what it does it matter.. I'll tell ya what .. if it offends them so much.. let's not pay them any money.. I mean if it says in God we trust ..then we don't need to pay them also.. how about that they have to work 6 days a week...I mean.. they don't believe in God so they don't need a day to worship.. how about that.. also let them work all religious holidays.. no Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Easter... how about that? I think that's fair.. I think Christians, Jews, Catholics, and every other religion needs to assert their RIGHT to mention God, have prayer, worship any religious symbol at ANY TIME... we need to quit worrying about the rights of agnostics and atheists.. because think about it.. If THEY DON"T BELIEVE IN GOD why should they get so bent out of shape about people who do?
2006-08-06 17:22:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because believers affect society in many negative ways.
Examples:
Religious people try to corrupt science education by working to get religious mythology taught as science to our nation's school children.
They stand in the way of stem cell research.
They try to deny a woman the right to control her own body.
They work to get discrimination against gay people written into the US constitution.
They are an organized political force that elects evil men like George Bush.
I think astrology and palm reading are a bunch of nonsense too. But I dont bother to attack believers in that stuff because they dont harm society like religious people do.
2006-08-06 17:21:37 · answer #7 · answered by Phil S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because i think that it isnt fair to me or anyone who doesnt believe in god. It feels as if im not equal to everyone else, just because i dont believe in god, and that sort of pisses me off, because i am just an average everyday person.
2006-08-06 17:17:14 · answer #8 · answered by vergil_a_son_of_sparda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I find amazing, is that a Jewish parent or a Muslim parent IS allowed to come into my classroom and speak of their religion and traditions, but I'm not allowed to address Christianity! Talk about a double-standard.
2006-08-06 17:46:38 · answer #9 · answered by Sherry K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the atheist, and agnostics and the ACLU, in their determination to separate state and religion, and protect the rights of the disbelievers are hypocrites... since by banning references to God they are actually infringing on us believers....our country was founded on religious freedom.. yet they are insistent in taking our freedom to believe in and worship God away... it's a twisted goal they have..and a sad statement for the direction of our country...
2006-08-06 17:21:06 · answer #10 · answered by Ms Fortune 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋