I understand that the intention was not to have a church-run government, but why has our government, throughout history, made decisions based on religious ideals?
2007-07-14 19:43:08 · 11 answers · asked by Oh_What_Magic 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No...individual politicians have made decisions based on religious ideals. And they have ganged up to make group decisions based on religious ideals.
"Separate" means "distinct" as in not the same thing -- it doesn't mean religion cannot have an influence on the govt through specific individuals.
But I agree that politicians, who have sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution (all of it, not just the parts they like) should not be passing laws based on religious motivation.
Sadly, too many people disagree, and seem to have no qualms about imposing their religious beliefs as a matter of law -- at least, as long as they are in the majority.
2007-07-14 19:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Just because religion helped form out government and still the moral code of Christianity still affects many of decisions of our leaders, I do not see where there is a national church that its laws are enforced upon the citizens. You are implying that our government is the same as Iran, where offenders of the Muslim religion are punished(often stoned or beheaded). I just don't see this in our country. Tell me where I am wrong.
2007-07-15 02:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by oldcorps1947 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The intention was also so that people would not be persecuted for what religion they did follow. But when the majority of the people in office follow a certain faith along with the majority of the people, it is only rational that the laws created would be influenced by that same faith. It isn't just the politicians, but the voters who have the influence on the law.
2007-07-15 03:17:57 · answer #3 · answered by Jas 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are mistaken when you think that the phrase, "Separation of church and State" was written in the Constitution, it was not. So how would it apply to our government?
Laws and decisions have been made on Judeo-Christian principals, because that's how the Founding Fathers set this country up to run. That is how they thought things should be. And rightly so. It's only until recent decades that liberals and atheists have tried to remove God from the public forum, and you can certainly see it's devastating results.
2007-07-15 02:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by C J 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It is freedom of religion not from religion, our constitution was written using the Bible as a guide along with the way our government was set up, it seemed to work fine for the past 200 years until the homosexuals decided they don't like obeying the laws of the land any more than they like obeying the laws of God. People have tried to live by their own rules in the past, you may have heard of them Sodom and Gomorrah, things didn't work out so well for them either.
2007-07-15 02:57:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
This is because western society was settled by christians. The people who wrote the constitution were christians. Also to be frank it really helps you net the votes of the large population af christians if you follow christian ideals.
2007-07-15 02:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by Carrots and bunnies 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For those of you who believe our country was founded by Christians...look up the signers of the Declaration of Independence and see what their beliefs were.
Fundamental Christianity comes more from our Puritan forefathers than from those who put our government into place.
You can have moral, value driven presidents who are not Christian. You can have presidents who say they are Christian and do not show morals or values when it comes to their presidential decisions.
There are a lot of presidents who weren't moral in their personal lives and that's between them and their wives (and the press used to give them privacy in this) but there needs to be a morality of "whats good for the country" rather than "let's do one for Dad."
2007-07-15 04:50:28 · answer #7 · answered by dasupr 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All religious people like to have the political power to dictate the deranged belief that they are speaking directly to god and they know his/her/its will. Politicians have always used religious metaphor, and feigned belief to get the populace to go along with whatever scheme they have .
The state is at its worst when it is sucking up to religion.
2007-07-15 04:47:26 · answer #8 · answered by Libertarian56 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..."
So how many churches and religions have been outlawed and where exactly is the 'Church of the U.S.'?
2007-07-15 10:49:38 · answer #9 · answered by 7_7_7 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it was founded by people with religious ideals....look it up.
2007-07-15 02:51:59 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋