If there were no religion in governmentt, how does that keep YOU from being religious on a personal level?

Question

Why do town councils play semantic games with tactics like taking the prayer off the meeting agenda and doing it before the gavel -- while clearly still in the context of a public meeting of a government body? Why is it not sufficient for you to be religious on your own, without state sponsorship of your religious interests?

Will God not punish the unbelievers in the afterlife even WITHOUT an earthly legal codification of the tenets of your religion?

What a paradox .. in the US it's the religious that are intolerant and meddling in the lives of others, not anyone else.

Moreover, keeping religion out of government, and CREATING religion via the Constitution (in other words, via government), are two quite different things.

Answer 1

I agree with you 100%. Religion should have no place in anything that's funded by taxpayers.

If people want more religion in their lives, they always have the choice of going to church more often....taking their kids out of public school and either putting them in private school or homeschooling them.....working for a religious organization to earn their living....etc.

And people are ALWAYS allowed to pray, privately and quietly to themselves. It's leading a GROUP of people in a specific denominational prayer at a TAXPAYER FUNDED EVENT that is unconstitutional.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Because then the govt passes laws ill-respective of a religious tolerance and point of view.

The state is not required by Christians nor is it allowed to establish religion byt the constitution. But this is our country too and there is nothing in there about keeping the govt atheistic. In fact, all our founding documents refer and acknowledge God as our creator and giver of out inalienable rights.

Answer 4

I completely agree. Thats why I have such an issue with the religious. If only they could learn to keep their religion to themselves and not try to force the rest of us to live by their religion.

Answer 5

I can go to Congress with proof that our Government hides behind their very own ritual cult of lies! Which is the silent religion of politcians.

Muslims in Congress at this very moment!

Answer 6

well i will continue to say that religion and politics are two different things and should be kept separate from one another

Answer 7

Maybe you should write your senator and tell him or her when they are allowed to pray, according to you.