Who believes in this day and age that there really is a separation of Church & State. And being a Christian which do you believe in more? The US Constitution that says they should be separate, or the Religious groups pushing their agendas through politics that think they shouldn't.
2007-05-11 10:01:49 · 15 answers · asked by weeder 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Needless to say, Politics and the Constitution are not necessarily my strong points, but I knew it said it in SOME old timey political document.
My mistake
2007-05-11 10:20:30 · update #1
I do not believe there is, but I strongly believe there should be.
II am not unaware of the tremendous influence that SOME conservative churches have at this time in our government. I know who they are and they do not speak for me.
Again, I STRONGLY believe that there should be separation of church and state.
The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
Grace and Peace
Peg
2007-05-11 10:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well first of all the "separation of church and state' are not in the Constitution. That came from a supreme court ruling and a letter written by Thomas Jefferson.
Few religious groups are "pushing" anything though politics. In fact it the non-religious that trying to do that. Like the gay marriage issue.
My problem is that people relate the "state" to be things that it isn't. Public schools are not the state. The whole idea about religion and government was to keep the government from controlling the church or the church controlling the government, but as with most things people have taken them to mean much more then they actually do. Such as stating "freedom from religion" , which is not anywhere in any founding document.
2007-05-11 17:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The U.S Constitution does not mention the separation of church and state.
That was in the federalist papers which are not part of the constitution.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Do you see the words separation of church and state here?
Another myth.
What it does say is the government needs to keep their paws off of the church and may not legislate religion.
When will you smarter than God people get that hmm?
The religious groups are redressing the government for grievances their foolish laws have forced on them. Its our right.
Foolish humanist.
2007-05-11 17:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by Tzadiq 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not think that anyone wants the US government to be a theocracy. I do not believe that this means that christians should not participate in politics, however. I am having a bit of a problem understanding your questions. Are you saying that religious people should not participate in politics or that political people should not be religious? Or both? The constitution does not guarantee people that they will be free of religion any more than they will be free of politics. It just guarantees that there will not be a state religion.
In Christ
Fr. Joseph
2007-05-11 17:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by cristoiglesia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You realize you are going to get a bunch of posts saying the constitution doesn't say that. So you should add to your question the First Amendment that says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
2007-05-11 17:11:05 · answer #5 · answered by The Bog Nug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The separation of church and state (according to the Constitution) is nothing even remotely close to what it has become today. It was originally designed so that the government would not be allowed to control the church. That is, tell them what they can or can't teach, preach, etc. It was never designed to totally isolate each other.
2007-05-11 17:07:25 · answer #6 · answered by David 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are still lots of infractions of the 'wall of separation.' There are even still some state constitutions that disallow atheists from being elected to office, or even serving jury duty!
2007-05-11 17:19:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The separation is shrinking rapidly, thanks to Bush and his cronies.
I am not a Christian. I beleive that Christianity belongs in politics as much as Islam and Judaism do....in other words, NOT AT ALL>
2007-05-11 17:07:18 · answer #8 · answered by Athiests_are_dumb 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
George Bush wants church and state to be joined.
2007-05-11 17:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by Dogbreath M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are sadly in a constant war with people like kyeann who is ignorant of what it actually entails. Setting aside time to pray is not seperation. No one says you can't pray all they say is keep it to yourself like everyone should.
2007-05-11 17:06:51 · answer #10 · answered by Scott B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋