In the American constitution?
I know it says that the government shall not form or enforce anykind of national religion.
So why do so many people believe that the seperation of church and state is in the constitution?
2007-04-01 00:07:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have already gotten some good answers from a the state side of the equation, but from the Christian side of the equation the church should remain separate from the earthly government too. When the church gets joined with any government it becomes corrupt as money and politics enter into the decision making process in the church instead of being fully devoted to God's revealed will in the Bible and being led by the Spirit of Christ here on earth.
That doesn't mean that Christians shouldn't vote or support candidates who reflect Biblical values in their decision making process. It just means that there should not be any union between secular government and the Holy church of God here on earth. That time will only come about when Jesus returns to rule over all the earth.
2007-04-01 00:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Separation of the Church and the state is within the Constitutional Law of a certain country.. and it is within the Constitutional law of the United States of
America.
Educated men in America knew pretty well that separation of the church and the state is emobodied on the Constitutional Law of American Government because they have studied it while in school and their are books published concerning Contitutional Law.
You can not be a lawyer unless you know very well the law of that government (public law).
Are ;you being force to join a certain religion by the American poeple. In the Constitution, you have the right to choose your own religion. Nobody could force you to join any kind of religion
. It is always allowed for you to join what you want to join. You have no right also to stop the government f rom joining on a religion which the ofoficals want to join.
If you insist on what you want about religion, wait for the time you will become the President of the United States of America and then establish your own government without any religion to join. Hurah for you.
jtm
2007-04-01 07:30:00 · answer #2 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't specifically say that, so you're quite right. It it is implied and implied EXACTLY as you say it. There is a separation of CHURCH from STATE through the warrantee that the FEDERAL (not local) government will not RESPECT any specific religion.
There is no separation of STATE and CHURCH, hence we find Catholic Priests in Congress at one point in time or another.
So there is nothing that prevents any RELIGION from RESPECTING any political party or function of government.
I guess the ultimate test of this was Government fetching a Quran to swear in a newly elected member of Congress who wanted to do that on the Quran.
I doubt you'll ever seen the Government of Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria or Iraq fetch a Bible to swear in a Christian member of their government.
If I'm not mistaken isn't it still a rule of law that in England the King or Queen must be a member of the Church of England or did they drop that requirement...
2007-04-01 07:31:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first Amendment requires a separation of church and state.
It is impossible for the Establishment clause and the free exercise clause to co-exist without there being a separation of church and state.
The phrase itself does not have to appear for such a separation to exist in the Constitution.
2007-04-01 18:16:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The words "separation of church and state" are NOT in the U.S. Constitution whatsoever. Those words came from a letter that Thomas Jefferson had written to a collegue, and the libs have taken those words and somehow implied that it was part of the Constitution, which it is not.
The Constitution does indeed say that the government shall not "establish" a religion, you are quite correct.
2007-04-01 07:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by C J 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Actually, if you understand what the Establisment Clause means, and what it was intended to mean, then you wouldn't be asking this question.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
This is two statements in one. The first means that our laws cannot favor one religion over another. The second means that the State cannot interfere with religious practices. Taken together it means that they both have to stay out of each other's business.
That sounds an awful lot like the "separation of church and state" to me!
2007-04-01 07:10:25 · answer #6 · answered by Skippy 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It is the Supreme Court's rendition of the Freedom of Religion Amendment.
Actually, all the Founding Fathers wanted to do was to insure that the government could not mandate a particular religion and establish penalties for those who chose not to follow it.
Pretty far off the reality of today, isn't it?
The state established religion today is atheism, and for those who think differently, think again. And look at the news for the last 45 years.
2007-04-01 07:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
My understanding is that Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to someone (a minister?) and indicated that the goverment was not to interfere with churches.
That has been distorted to a hostility of the US goverment to churches.
2007-04-01 07:14:57 · answer #8 · answered by lda 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋