What do you feel about the separation of church and state?

Question

Do think we should have it or not? Give me some examples. Show your passionate about your opinion.

Answer 1

Oh, we most certainly need separation of church and state. If we didn't have that principle or the First Amendment, there would be nothing to stop this country from becoming a corrupt theocracy like those our forefathers left when they founded America.

With the First Amendment and the separation of church and state, we're all guranteed the right to believe as we so choose, including the right NOT to believe in anything at all. We're guranteed the right to our own deep, personal beliefs. Without the First Amendment, the government could TELL us what our beliefs have to be, whether we agree and truly believe in them or not. The government could arrest us or worse for daring to secretly practice a religion other than what it sanctions.

That's why the First Amendment and separation of church and state is so delicate and precious. It's not guaranteed for one or two select groups. It's for EVERYBODY, whether you like it or not. It safeguards your beliefs as well as those you don't agree with. Without such protection, your beliefs are in just as much danger as mine or anyone else's.

Without it, there's no guarantee that we'll be able to hold fast to our own beliefs, no guarantee that the government can't up and decide to become a religious nation and do away with those who can't obey without question. To keep that from happening, to preserve our personal rights, we have that separation. We have the First Amendment to guarantee our personal beliefs and protect them from being violated by the government, which cannot tell us to believe or not to believe. Only we can decide that.

Answer 2

To have freedom of religion the government must stay out of religious affairs. Only time to justify the government stepping in is when a religious practice is a danger to the lives of the believer such as snake handling and the refusal to give or receive blood transfusions.

Prayer and other religious activities have no place in public schools. I do believe the individual student and teacher should be allowed to wear a cross or pentacle for their own religious reasons, but all religions need to have the same freedom.

Answer 3

That is a hard question because in this country we have freedom of religion so if you combine the State with the Church then what church? What religion? If we put church and state together and truly govern the county based on the Bible then I think our country would be very blessed. But since we have freedom of religion this would offend a great many people. I think ultimately having a government follow the Bible to rule the country would be great, but we've gone way too far away from God as a country to do that. When you continually take God out of the picture you are for sure asking for judgment. America is definitely headed for judgment.

Answer 4

Since I am an agnostic I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. My money should not say "In God we trust" I don't believe in God therefore I do not trust in God. I trust in myself and I pay my bills! Pledge of Allegiance "One nation under God" again.... I am not under any God. The ten commandments in state and federal buildings should be taken down and the amendments to the Constitution should be hung. We are a democracy country, which means people have the right to worship in any religion or choose not to partake in religion. There should always be a separation of church and state, if there is no separation does that not make us like the other countries that we keep going into war for and helping them with their civil wars?

Answer 5

I am extremely grateful that I live in a country with seperation of church and state. You see, I am not part of the majority religion of this country (Chrisitan). It's nice to know that I can practice my religion without the fear of being burned at the stake, or forcible "converted."

Quite frankly, I don't understand those that protest the seperation of church and state. Everyone has the right to practice their religion as they see fit, as long as that worship does not harm another person (no human sacrifice. I think that is pretty reasonable). It seems to me that those who want to tear down that wall are in favor of focible conversions.

Answer 6

It is essential to our liberties. If church controlled state, then we'd be in trouble. Religious oppression often causes civil uprest. Look at Germany during the Reformation. Look at the wars of England between Catholics and Protestants. Look at the Israeli-Palestinian wars. I think one of the things that has kept our government so stable is the Separation. Thank God for Deistic forefathers.

Answer 7

THey have to be seperate. The third amendment is freedom of realigion( i think it's the third amendment it might not be but any way). Freedom of realigion means the governtment can't have realigion in the laws and government system. America started from peolple immagrating to escape realigous persicution. If laws got past that were made by some christian fanatic it would just be pushing their realigous beliefs onto the rest of us. When the don't seperate church and state and keep realigous point of views out, then they're just taking away our freedom and freewill

Answer 8

Most people have twisted Thomas Jefferson's comment about the seperation of church and state and they don't really know what it means. It was never intended to keep the church out the government, it was meant to keep the government out of the church.Sanity789 needs to learn the difference between "freedom of religion" and " freedom from religion".Freedom of religion means we are free to practice any religion we choose and is covered in the 1st amendment of the constitution. What he is talking about is "freedom from religion " and is not in the constitution at all.

Answer 9

It's absolutely essential for the protection of religion and for the protection of the state (including the citizens) that they be completely separate.

Answer 10

I feel it is impossible. People learn or develop values in church. These values carry over in their way of thinking. The way a person thinks will carry over into their elected office if they are elected. Even if a person does not believe in God or doesn't go to church their attitude toward religion is carried over into their way of thinking and carried over into the decisions they make.