Do you personally belive in the separation of church and state?

Question

I can see it go both ways...

What I meant by I could see it go both ways is that I can understand the thinking behind each opinion (damn my libra-ness.)

And no, I'm not christian (nothing wrong with them though) but I live in the bible belt and I constantly hear all kinds of tings aobut church service and prayer meetings. That's what made me ask the question.

Answer 1

Yes, I think churches should be illegal and attending one should be criminalized.

Answer 2

yes I do. Many people these days take it the wrong way and think that you can't bring religion into the government and you can't bring government into the church. The idea behind it is that the state (or government) can't force you into a religion. In other words, the church is not part of the government. Even though our country was based on Biblical principals, America was originated so that people could worship freely without the government persecuting them for believing in something other than what was the national religion. In England, Roman Catholisism was the national religion and people who believed otherwise were persecuted and killed for "treason". So when the pilgrims came, they made sure that the law separating church and state was enforced. Even though you may think your religion is the correct belief, other Americans may not feel that way and will want to worship their own way or not at all.

Answer 3

Absolutely. The church - any church - has no place in government.

The US was founded as a secular nation guaranteeing everyone the right to choose their own faith (or none). To allow religions into public institutions such as schools and courtrooms lessens everyone's rights.

Those who think religion has a place in government should question how they would feel about a different religion taking over and forcing their beliefs onto everyone via new laws.

Answer 4

Of course I do. If you don't believe in the separation of church and state then you should go to a country that also does not believe in it, like Iraq or something.

Would see how it could go both ways if you were Christian and you were born in a Muslim country?

Answer 5

Yes. The church should have nothing to do with politics. The second the church and politics become one and the same - we no longer have freedom of religion, and we no longer have a democracy. Instead - that's what's called a theocracy. Theocracies are dangerous because then you have the government forcing religious doctrine on people, and punishing those who refuse. Kinda like during the Inquisition.

Answer 6

Yes, but it will never happen. Religion has always been mixed in with the political scene as part of the ability to maintain power. Even heathens take their religion to Washington.

Answer 7

I firmly belive in the idea. I believe that no non-religious authority should have any say in anything done by a religious person in the name of their religion, ever. I firmly believe that a person should be solely and wholly answerable ONLY to their religious teachings and no other authority, ever.

Answer 8

i very much believe this if it is correctly separated. what bothers me is when anyhing with a hint of good to it is labled religion. it seems like it could come to the point that to say do not kill, is religion and we cant mix that up with government. are traffic laws religion? do not steal; is that religion? on and on. where do you draw the line. telling someone they have to be a moslem as some countries do is mixing the two.

Answer 9

I think we should get rid of the separation church and state and only have the church part.

Answer 10

No. But I believe in exclusion of the state FROM religion, which is what the Constitution provides for.
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Answer 11

I believe that we ought to have a true separation of church and state if we are to call ourselves a true democracy.

I do not believe it really exists.