Why was the separation of church and state significant back in the colonial america times?
2006-09-04 16:34:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
because that was the whole reason the colonists fled England in the first place - for religious freedom.
2006-09-04 16:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by Bellina 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For which country? US? No, I'm not provoking, just want to understand your question. I think that in Mexico, there was no separation of church and state under the Spaniards.
I'm thinking that if the state was separated from the church, the state could bring more men under them.
While I'm catholic, I think that the state and church must be different, and each has it's own role. Your government, you cannot decide on it (well, you could change countries), but the religion you must decide on it based on how you feel and what you think is right.
And the state must care that all people receive just treatment regardless of creed.
2006-09-04 23:39:27 · answer #2 · answered by Roberto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the people that came here were on flee from the Catholic Church in England,etc since they had a strict rule over the people. So church and state i early europe wer ein bed together. Here they did not want that problem. Hense forth you have many sects and if there was a church to be involved with state afairs how would you ever pick? Even than was more than one sect ie Amish,Puritan,Catholic,Etc
2006-09-04 23:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by Labatt113 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they didn't want to become like the Old Roman Republics. The state interfered with the church and told people what to believe. What better way to get people to believe something than having a priest say it? The church getting involved with the state was not the problem as it is today. It was the other way around. People nowadays have it mixed up.
2006-09-04 23:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by cm s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in Europe is was not and that's why people wanted to come to America in the first place, so they could practice the religion they wanted to, not the main religion of their country. It's very significant to American history because we were the 1st country to practice seperation of church and law....and now look at the low morals our society practices, but hey, I guess that's your right as an American!
2006-09-04 23:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by SadToday22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason it is important today. A government that is ruled by a religion offers no real freedom for it's citizens if it requires them to be of the government's faith to be a citizen.
The planners of this government and constitution thought long and hard and came up with the best system to allow freedoms that has ever been devised.
2006-09-04 23:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many of the earliest English settlers were fleeing religious persecution. European countries tended to have an official church.
2006-09-04 23:40:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the whole point. People came here to get away from government controlled religion, i.e. being executed for their beliefs. Apparently we have a ways to go.
2006-09-04 23:39:26 · answer #8 · answered by crct2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to avoid ending up with a state like Iran is today
2006-09-04 23:38:09 · answer #9 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because according to other governments the leader of the country did so by the word and will of God, this made it very hard to have any sort of freedoms
2006-09-04 23:37:46 · answer #10 · answered by admiralgill 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋