Why do some people think that keeping religion out of the laws is "attacking thier morals"?

Question

It's still illegal to kill people. Still illegal to molest children. We have changed none of the "moral" laws.
I hate to clue people in, but prayer is still allowed at school, it just can't be school sponsered on school time. What's wrong with that? No one is forcing you to stop your religion, just to not impose it on others. How is that attacking your personal morals?

Oh that's right. I forgot, Christians have the corner market on morals. That Ghandi was such as asshole....

Tweety you make assumptions. I am NOT atheist.

Answer 1

As far as many Christians are concerned they are the only religion. There are Christians and non-Christians, nothing else. The thing is if they want their children to have prayer in school, send them to a Christian school,. The laws are for everyone, not just one religious group. The funny part is that even if the Christians were allowed to impose their religion on the laws there would still be a big upset since they they would have to fight over which denomination of Christianity would be used. Most Christians can't even agree among themselves.

Answer 2

I couldn't agree more. I don't feel that religion has any place in politics. If anything, I think it would be a pretty bad sign for society if certain things HAD to be illegalized in order to prevent people from doing them.

What's scary is, the laws that we have are in place because people have DONE those things.

But anyway, to answer your question (because the tangent I started on, though relevant, would take forever in order to type out the whole thing), some people think that because they're TOLD to think that.

However, as far as the whole prayer in school thing goes, I think it's pretty wrong that students aren't allowed to thank God in valedictorian speeches, and football teams aren't allowed to pray before games. If the students choose to have prayer (even if it's organized, so long as it's organized by the students and not the teachers), it's not allowed. It should be.

And this goes for ALL religions, not just Christianity.

Answer 3

Because some of the laws go against their book-derived morality.
Abortion, for instance, is legal. They'd rather it not be, because they perceive it as murder. Homosexuality, they read, caused the destruction of Zeboim, Sodom, and Gomorrah, and thus must be very very deplored by God, and thus should be illegal lest God turn us all into salt.
They want the laws of their "Christian" nation to also take in account what God might do to us because of others, I think, subconsciously. Also, they want to feel like their religion is a more important part of the world around them and their lives. This gives the more security about the future, and their religion.

Answer 4

The truth behind all the thud and blunder is simple:

Without laws and commandments, Christians would be evil, degenerate people. Their locus of control is strictly external, and they see themselves as helpless, weak, fallen, and vile "sinners" without it.

They simply cannot conceive of someone being a 'good' or 'moral' or even 'upstanding' person without believing that hellfire awaits them if they're not. Seriously . . . read some of the answers on this thread and others, and tell me I'm wrong.

Answer 5

This all really began during when the "Moral Majority" helped us elect a couple presidents.

There is nothing wrong with people practicing their religion.....that's part of what makes America great....it just isn't supposed to inter-mingle with national/state/local laws.

Answer 6

A theocracy is what you call secular laws based on religion.
I've never heard anyone insist on following laws based on someone elses religion, just theirs, whatever theirs is. Of course you can be free to practice your religion, but it seems to irk people that they can't force you to practice theirs too, because we all think that our particular denomination is the only "right" one, otherwise we wouldn't follow it.
I've never seen a Christian advocate not allowing pork to be sold, but some Jews and Muslims and Seventh Day Adventists wouldn't mind. One mans morals is another mans meat, but who wants to admit that?

Answer 7

they want to make sure that they can control us. they hate it when someone may have a better answer than they do. They don't want to be wrong and if they stamp out the competition, then they can never be wrong.
and I star you!
Blessed Be )o(

oh and for DaMick
the ten commandments are based on the negative confession of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/EGYPT/BOD125.HTM

Answer 8

Some people think that unless the state sponsored their religion they're being discriminated against.

Da Mick: I can't find commandments 1-4, 6, 9, and10 (or any laws based on them) anywhere in our legal system. And if you think that we need the Bible to realize that murdering, stealing, and lying are wrong then you should read some moral philosophy.

Answer 9

Iran has a state religion. Saudi arabia has a state relgion. CUBA has a state religion. Every nation that is on the list of human rights violotion has a state relgion.
The terrorists want a state relgion
So why do the Republicans want a state religion too?
They dont want to attack personal morals they want to attack YOU.

Answer 10

I would say it's not, but what do I know right? I'm only an evil "satan worshiper" to them. lol. Ignorance and group think makes sheeple the most dangerous kind of people.