Should Religion Stay Out Of Schools, Court Houses, and Politics ?

Question

I just think that Christians, especially have become overwelmingly intrusive to its everyday citizens. They invade our schools trying to bring prayer back, and teach creationism, (even though creationism isn't Science), have people like Roy Moore put the 10 commandments in a court house, and have judges being fired for Bushes religious right. I just think its hipocritical, since religion should be a universal appeal, and respect everyone who wishes to believe differently, rather then tell everyone else they are going to hell if they don't believe. Christians are so quick to judge others, but not when it comes to themselves. I think gays should have atleast same sex Unions, but we have people like Ted Haggard saying Gays are the Devil, yet paid for gay sex from a prostitute. If you are going to be a hipocrite, why don't you just go out and say so, rather then hide behind your religion to back you up ?

Answer 1

Yes, religion should stay out of public matters, simply because not everyone on Earth is a Christian. If they want to be hypocrites, that's fine with me as long as I'm not one of them.


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Answer 2

Of course not. The "Separation of Church and State" is a relatively new concept, created by those who wish to force religion out of everyday life. I will probably get trashed for saying that, but I'll explain myself anyway.

While the founding fathers did want to prevent a government sponsored religion "aka, the Church of England", they never wanted to eliminate religion in the public sector. The first amendment is there to protect the freedom OF religion, not the freedom FROM religion. Religion has always been in the public sector (in government, schools etc.), in some capacity or another. A brief review of historical places and documents will show you that. It is only recently (the past 40 or so years?) that there has been a push to purge religion from the public sector.

You are incorrect in stating "They invade our schools trying to bring prayer back". Prayer used to be the rule, not the exception. There may be an attempt to bring it back, but it is not an invasion. Christians are not the enemy, trying to come into this country from some other place. We are already here. We always have been. The fact is that most people in this country consider themselves to be Christian. Go ahead, take a survey.

It's also unfair to judge Christians by people like Ted Haggard. Christians are human, and subject to screwing up, just like everyone else. But Ted is not a representative of the Christian norm. It would be like me judging all gays by Jeffery Dahmer. I'm sure most gays would be horrified if I ran around defining them by his example.

Lastly, you state "religion should be a universal appeal, and respect everyone who wishes to believe differently, rather then tell everyone else they are going to hell if they don't believe". I think you may be missing the point. Religion - any religion - is not a popularity contest. Christianity, as a religion, is concerned with what it considers morally right. Those who are Christians, in theory, would fight for those things in their everyday life, because they believe they are right. Would you expect any different from any other group of people?

Answer 3

Yes and no.

+ School +

Organized school prayer infringes on religious freedom of students. What kind of prayer is prayed when you have Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Wiccans, Agnostics, and Atheists in the same classroom?

Religion does need to be addressed in History, Literature, and related subjects. If we ignore religious influence in these areas then we are not telling the whole story and shortchanging the students.

Children will continue to privately pray before tests just like they always have.

+ Justice System +

Displaying the Ten Commandments, especially the first few that describe our relationship with God, seems to imply the establishment of one religion over any other.

Voluntary no cost religious programs for inmates should be allowed. These programs are currently being forced out.

+ Politics +

You cannot separate politics and morals. The laws of a democratic country should reflect the morals of the majority of its citizens. This is how democracy works.

Many subjects currently seen as political have been seen as moral issues for thousands of years.

For example, Catholicism has taught that abortion is immoral since the second century all over the world. Just because is has become a political issue in the last 50 years in the U.S. will not and should not silence Catholic teaching on the issue.

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Our regulations are no longer in actuality the ten Commandments. There are in ordinary terms 3 that even come close: homicide, stealing, and bearing fake witness (perjury, or slander). And homicide and stealing are enforced in even the main primitive societies. the effort-free rule is that the government shouldn't intervene with the prepare of religion and non secular establishments could stay out of the organization of government. That being reported, that's totally almost impossible to split out a perception gadget, even with the place it got here from from a man or woman's existence, the two inner maximum and public.

Answer 5

Yes.
Religion should stay out of everything that public tax dollars pay for.

Answer 6

Right on!!