How many US Christians believe that?

Question

Jesus should be taught in schools
Abortion should be illegal
Gay marriage should be banned
One should be Christian to be in office?
And explain why you think all should live by beliefs set in by christian beliefs?

Answer 1

I am not Christian, but most Christians I have talked to have said:
No, no, no, and no for the reasons of there are more religions, freedom of choice, there is nothing wrong with gays, and that would be unfair.

Answer 2

Public schools are bad enough...in Tennessee, christians are fighting over which version of christianity should be taught/acknowledged. It illustrates the point that even if you had Jesus in the classroom, which Jesus would it be?

With the number of children in the system currently, how many christians are willing to step up and adopt? Not enough, and its a drain on tax dollars.

If christianity is about love, why then do some want to put limits
on who consenting adults love?

Look at where the current christian in the highest office has put our country. George W. Bush is reason alone that faith should not be a criteria for holding public office. Well, that and that pesky thing that the religious right tries to ignore...the constitution.

The most common mistake that people make is believing that the US is founded on christian principals. Yes, some of the founding fathers were christian, but most were deist, and held to freemason beliefs. The word god is not used ONCE in the constitution. It is used in the Declaration of Independence, but that is NOT a document that creates law...only stated the principal of breaking from British rule. Furthermore, in the Treaty of Tripoli, it is stated very, VERY plainly:

"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Musselmen; and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

This treaty was drafted by Joel Barlow, a man who had served as a chaplain under Washington during the Revolutionary War. During the formation of the US government, and Washington's time in office he abandoned Christian orthodoxy, and supported secular government. The treaty was ratified by Congress, and signed by John Adams.

You are free to teach your children anything you want ...at home. If you don't want to have an abortion, don't; just don't belittle a woman who chooses to have one, if you're not willing to adopt the child. If you don't believe in gay marriage, then don't speak to or befriend anyone who is homosexual. Only vote for a christian candidate, if you believe they can run things better than a non-christian. Do the rest of us a favor though, and give us the same respect, and allow us to choose for ourselves.

BTW: this is from a free-thinker's, not christian, standpoint.

Answer 3

Let's see, I'm American, and a Christian and I'm not for ANY of those, not completely anyway.

I say religion belongs at home, not in school.

I believe abortion is wrong, yes, but I don't see how it can be made illegal right yet. My theory is that three things need to happen for abortion to be illegalized, and one of the two things is two-pronged. Here they are:
1. People need to stop having sex when they don't want children. Period. This means ALL premarital sex will have to cease. This doesn't mean it should be ILLEGAL to have sex outside of marriage, but that people need to take responsibility for themselves.
2. ALL contraceptives must become 100% effective; not 99.9%, but 100%.
3. This is the one that's two-pronged.
A. Kids, from the time that they're able to understand speech, need to learn NO means NO. It doesn't mean "maybe," and it doesn't mean "yes." And it's the job of the PARENTS to teach their children this!
B. The sentence for sexual assault needs to be a LOT steeper. No more of this, ten years, out in five crap. If it is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that a person DID in fact sexually assault someone, they should receive a life sentence, no parole, no possibility of parole, no "time served", no getting off for good behavior, NOTHING. And yes, this should happen on the first offense, and kids should be told this when they learn about sex!

As for gay marriage...I have mixed feelings about it. In all honesty, I can see both sides. MY problem, and I'll admit this freely, is that my opinion IS based on my religion. There is just no way around this. I can't set my personal beliefs aside in this case. While I have homosexual and bisexual friends, and I love them dearly, I cannot agree with their lifestyle. This makes me very sad.

Besides, do we REALLY want to be as decadent as the Roman Empire was? Do we REALLY want to go back there?

So I guess as far as gay marriage goes, I would not vote for it if it were up to me. However, civil unions I could agree to, and would do so gladly.

While it helps decide my vote if a politician is a Christian, it is not required. I would vote for an atheist, a Buddhist, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Jew, a Wiccan, a pagan, or WHATEVER, if I thought they would be best for the country.

In a perfect world, everyone would follow Jesus's teachings. But it's not a perfect world. I WISH everyone would, but I cannot and will not make them.

Answer 4

First off, I don't think that faith should be taught in public schools. Teaching religion from an academic perspective is one thing, but teaching it from a faith perspective should be done in a church--not a public school. It isn't fair to those that do not have faith in Christ at all.

Abortion shouldn't be used as some form of birth control or gender selection. I do think that is should be regulated than it is. However, to ban it completely would prevent it from being used as a medical procedure when someone's life is in danger or someone cannot carry a child at all. I think that people need to be educated on all their options, including adoption. There are many women that cry themsevles to sleep because they cannot have kids.

Gay marriage is already banned in a way because there are laws all over the place that prevent it. Because I do not like the idea of it, doesn't mean that I should shove my religious beliefs onto another person and force them to follow something that is really associated with my religion, not theirs.

To make some law that someone must follow Christ to be in office makes this country alientate everyone that isn't a Christian. It prevents anyone from any other belief from running. We are given freedom of religion. That means for ALL religions, not just freedom to practice Christianity. That isn't what it means. Someone can be wiccan, atheist, gnostic, satanist. We have the freedom to do that. To make a religion clause for people running for any office is to go against the very meaning of freedom of religion.

One should live by Christian beliefs if and only if someone is a Christian. It shouldn't be force upon someone by the government. This is a secular government and it should remain that way. There is a cross section of religions in this country and all should be represented, not just Christians.

Answer 5

I believe in some of that, but not the rest.
I believe that Jesus should be taught in schools, as well as things like evolution and other simielar areas of science.
That Abortion Should be illegal. I believe abortion is kinda selfish. Ever hear of adoption?!
I do not believe gay marrage should be banned, gay people should have all the rights that the rest of us have.
I do not believe one shhould be christian to be in office. Your relighious beliefs should not be a factor, as long as you're suited to the job.
I do not think that all people should live by the beliefs set by christian beliefs, as I believe that everyone should be able to live by the beliefs set down by their own relighious beliefs. #

But then again, I'm not a U.S. Christian (though I am a Christian), so I guess this question is not for me.

Answer 6

As a Christian in the USA, I believe that if Christianity should be taught in schools so should other religions. I believe that abortion should continue to be legal ( the fetus is not the only living thing in the human body. One can even argue that spermicide is murder, as sperm is living). Gay marriage should be allowed, who is the government to say who can love and show that love to the world? I do not agree that those who hold office should only be Christians. They need to represent the population and the population of the United States is not primarily Christian. I think that all should live by these stated ideas because it allows room for growth and tolerance.

Answer 7

1) No, that's what church is for. Who's pushing for teaching Jesus in schools???
2) Abortion IS illegal in some places, and in some circumstances, though I'd like to see it limited more.
3) Gay marriage IS banned in most places, though I personally don't care whether or not it is.
4) One should be the best candidate to be in office.
5) I don't believe all should be forced to uphold christian beliefs. Neither does anyone else. That's what the constitution is for - to protect everyone's freedom of religion.

Answer 8

i believe that students should have the right to choose to learn about different religions...as for abortion, i think it's a tragic choice to make in a difficult situation and i don't believe that our government should be in the business of locking women up for making that choice-i wish every pregnancy ended with a child who is loved, well-cared for, and happy...i think that clergy should be able to refuse to perform gay marriages, as is the case now, but that some kind of civil marriage, or union or whatever should be allowed, i don't necessarily believe that all officeholders must be Christians, especially in a nation like ours with such a diverse population in terms of religious beliefs...jews, muslims, buddhists, pagans, atheists, agnostics...etc-all have a belief system that contains common moral values...as for how people should live, as a Christian, i believe what Christ taught-i believe that He taught and preached to and for ALL people everywhere, and that everyone should follow His teachings-but that's a far cry from MUST follow...people need to follow their hearts and consciences and freely choose...

Answer 9

# Jesus should be taught in schools.

Yes. Students should not be taught evolution and secular thinking also. Then, the schools would be biased, and students ought to be able to make decisions for themself. After all, isn't the world about self? Self-esteem, self-confidence, self-promoting... and yet we have someone else dictate what they will teach to us. Make us narrow-minded, will they?

# Abortion should be illegal.

Indeed. There is no reason abortion should be legal. It is the murder of a child, who has a soul the instant he or she is created. There are people out there who survived because their parents decided not to abort them. If you knew one of these people, and could go back to the time when they could possibly be aborted, would you? Babies are people, no matter how small and yet developing.

# Gay marriage should be banned.

Yes. It is an abomination. I say this without reserve - IT IS AN ABOMINATION. There are reasons, yes, but if you want explantions, there are plenty who can tell you.

# One should be Christian to be in office.

Not necessarily, but it would be very nice.

# Explanation?

These are not all Christian beliefs - they are morals, and if everyone followed them, I believe that 50% of arguments would stop, and everyone would be much happier. Anyone with common sense (you know, the kind that isn't so common) , can see that if such matters were resolved according to conscience, everything would be much better in the world.

Answer 10

Jesus should be taught because He is our Savior.

Abortion illegal, all children are gifts from God.

Gay marriages, I wish nobody was gay in the first place.

The office thing, it is not ran by only one person so if that person really stood for Godly standards he would probably be kicked out of office. So, there needs to be a majority of Christians to do anything that is in right standings.

I Believe what my God has revealed to me through His Word, His messengers and from direct conversations. I believe that if we all Did what was told from God's revealed Word, we would have a glorious time. But, I guess that's what Heaven is for.

Answer 11

I don't think many believe that, it's when they are attacked as a whole because of a small group that they'll sometimes say such things, but they rarely mean it.

Wow, on a later edited note, looking at above I may have been wrong, I should never have put my faith in the good of Christians, I'm a fool.