I have searched this back to the civil war but I do not know if this goes further back or what started this debate.
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2006-08-24 08:03:33 · 11 answers · asked by hezzy_9805 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
1620 or slightly before for America. The pilgrims came here to escape state-sponsored religion in England. I highly recommend "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick if you are interested. You can get it at your local library.
The first debate that I can think of about religion and politics would be Moses and the Pharoah in the Bible - the state-sponsored religion and "let my people go" part.
2006-08-24 08:18:39 · answer #1 · answered by john_stolworthy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though I could go back even further, in the 11th century a great schism (divide) occurred between the Orthodox Christian Church and a movement known as CATHOLICISM. Where as Orthodoxy knows that all men are created equal before the Creator, Catholics some how believe a POPE is the direct conduit and the representitve of God on earth. Funny how it turn out though - the Catholic Church became the refuge and sanctuary for Satan!
Religion and Politics was not invented in America and America is not the centre of the world - more like a hemroid on the butt of a 4.5 billion year old entity.
2006-08-24 15:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm excellent question. My simple answer is -- this whole debate started with "adam and eve" -- of course you have to re-define what is religion and what is politics. Once you agree that both terms evolved with the times -- (poli-tica is a greek word -- meaning two faces or many faces!) -- again adam and eve must have agreed or disagreed on what is good to believe in and which way to go..in life. Obviously, the apple story took a downturn...and all is part of the history now. In conclusion -- it started with the earliest settlers on this planet.
2006-08-24 15:25:43 · answer #3 · answered by s t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes back to medieval times with the monks working for the kings writing about religion to control their royal subjects.
For a more modern explanation, look at the writings of Voltaire, his association with Issac Newton, the masonic movement and the age of enlightenment.
2006-08-24 15:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tuesday, August 23, 1932 at 7:43 am.
2006-08-24 15:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by stevekc43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the earliest I have read is in the Bible. Jesus is sitting and drawing in the sand (a common activity in ancient times) when his opponents approached and, hoping to draw him into breaking Roman law and getting punished by the civil authorities instead of the religious ones, they asked him whether one should pay taxes and debts with coins bearing the image of Caesar. Jesus reportedly responded by asking whose image was on it and, when told it was Caesar's, he told them to "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and render unto God that which is God's." This seems to contradict the wish that many religious radicals seem to be developing these days to eliminate the divide between church and state.
2006-08-24 16:43:07 · answer #6 · answered by BoredBookworm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have been back around the time man started talking.
Cival war?? You got to be kidding.
2006-08-24 15:08:42 · answer #7 · answered by deepthinker22222 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church of England, and the whole reason huge groups of people left England to come to America.
2006-08-24 15:07:19 · answer #8 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Socrates started it in ancient Greece, and was put to death for his beliefs.
2006-08-24 15:08:53 · answer #9 · answered by vertical732 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thousands of years ago. Read your Bible.
2006-08-24 15:09:09 · answer #10 · answered by cranky_gut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋