On religion..... separation of church and state.?

Question

I've always wanted to see what others thought about this. Isn't it funny that schools will ban the Bible, but not the Koran or the Satanic BIble or ne other religious type of material. Wearing christian shirts are prohibitted in some schools but you could wear a shirt supporting wicca with no qualms. Why is it that only Jesus is the one being banned. If we are to have freedom of religion and separation of church and state shouldn't we get rid of all the wiccan , mormon, satanic, witchcraft.... etc.. b/c all of that stuff is "religion" also. If u are going to ban one then u must ban them all!!!!! Jesus must make people very uncomfortable if they are willing to go to GREAT lengths to get rid of Him. Hmmmm... what do u think?

Answer 1

Jesus said people would hate him and his followers.
This is the norm, it's happened, and will continue to happen until the end comes.

Just continue to serve him righteously and with utmost faith.
We are still under the law of the superior authorities and must obey. Protesting should not be an answer and Christians should go about things peacefully.

But continue to just serve him with all your faith and strength. And all will be fine in the longrun.

Answer 2

I am strongly for Separation of Church and State but I do agree with you on the fact that it should not only be Christianity that is banned from schools and other government organizations. All religion, not just Christianity, should be left out of school unless a student chooses to take a religion or philosophy course as an elect, not requried, class. I believe that the reason Christianity seems to be 'singled out', if you will, is becuase Christians are the majority in America therefore they receive most of the focus.

I would like to comment on why you put the world religion in quotes. It seems that you are insinuating that the other religions mentioned (Wiccan, Mormon, Satanic, etc) are not religions when, in fact, they are.

Answer 3

I don't know what state you live in but most schools up here have strict dress codes allowing for no religious messages at all on t-shirts or they wear uniforms (even public schools).

However, I do not believe religion belongs in a school unless it is part of an approved curriculum humanities/comparative religions class (and then I only approve of that for students 16-18).

Keep religion in the home and church and keep school for actually learning what needs to be learned in order to keep up in a global economy.

As far as being threatened by Jesus, personally I think that is laughable but then I'm from a more liberal area of the US.

Answer 4

"Separation of church and state" means that the state (the government) cannot force a religion on you. It has been misinterpreted to mean that religion and government institutions (public schools included) have to be completely sterile from any religious, especially Christian, influence or involvement. This is not the definition that Jefferson implied, and no good historian would ever make that inference. The law of separation is: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . ." If the state says that you may not wear your Jesus shirt, they are making a "law respecting an establishment of religion" and that law is unconstitutional.

Answer 5

There are schools here where I live that ban everything Christian also. There are also schools who have added to their curriculim the teachings of Islam and the Quran and the students have to take it it is part of a social studies class . The parents were not informed that this would be part of their childrens education. There are also schools that provide a room for Muslim students to go and say their prayers

Answer 6

No you're wrong. Wiccans have to fight for the right to wear their pentagram necklaces or any t-shirt that is religious to them.

I haven't heard of a child being denied the right to wear a cross as I've seen plenty when I go by the school.

So you are trying to claim something that isn't truth.

Answer 7

The Satanic Bible is just philosphy and a bit of biography. Any intelligent person can see that. I went to school that banned everything BUT Christianity. I had a good friend expelled from school because she wore a pentacle to school and refused to take it off. So, get your facts straight sweetie. Anything that's NOT Christian isn't allowed.

Answer 8

nicely reported: supply the guy a gold action picture star please: In England there became a state sanctioned faith IE The Church of england. Created by way of Henry the 8th. in case you probably did no longer have confidence you have been branded a heretic and could desire to be burned on the stake. And forgive this diversion: yet Henry created this as a trend of having decrease back on the Catholic church, whilst they'd not grant him yet another divorce. at that component each and every of the Brothels tithed to the church. So Henry dissolved the Catholic church in England,alongside with its abbeys and monasteries. The Brothels then tithed to the Church of england. observe: Prostitution became no longer a sin at that component. extremely the alternative as in case you have been a guy and married a prostitute you have been regarded upon as severe status as you had a spouse with an earnings. So this took a brilliant quantity of financial earnings faraway from the Catholic church. immediately the Catholic church declared prostitution as sin. so as that each and every of the former Catholics might end going to the brothels. it is likewise pronounced that the "Bible scriptures the place replaced immediately to mirror the church homes view in this undertaking" ah politics and faith ain't it grand. besides. . This u . s .'s fore fathers the place Deists no longer Christians, they believed in a extra physically powerful potential no longer Jesus Christ. do no longer enable the Born returned assholes attempt to tell you diverse. And as such it became freedom of (as you suggested) all religions. once you spot a rustic with a non secular premise for its government. there are various oppressed those with in that u . s .. and not spectacular all of them verify out conflict with somebody else or civil strife interior of themselves. faith and politics are a bad business enterprise . you are able to thank your God or Goddess or Gods that our fore fathers wrote our shape the way they did or we'd be in an identical fix as Iran, or Iraq. no longer Shiites vs Sunnies it may be Catholics vs the Protestants, vs the Baptists vs the pagans wait they nevertheless are only its no longer legal humm oh nicely

Answer 9

No, I hadn't heard that students can carry around a Koran or Satanic Bible. Link to any reputable journal reporting such an incident?

"Jesus" isn't getting banned alone. "Jesus", along with all other religious figures, texts, rituals and prayers (unless you can show me otherwise) are being kept out of schools.

EQUALLY.

Answer 10

This "persecuted American Christian" thing is patently ridiculous. There are public schools where people defy the law and pray explicitly to Jesus at official functions. There are students marginalized and abused and even officially punished for being openly non-Christian.

This is nonsense.