they came here for freedom of religion and people seem to want to take Christianity out of the picture and every other religion can do what they want.
2007-08-27 07:14:33 · 33 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Ah I Graduated already what about you still a baby
2007-08-27 07:45:08 · update #1
how is anyone "taking Christianity out of the picture"??
not being able to force your views on other people is not being taken "out of the picture"
we've had all Christian presidents, the pledge says God. the dollar has God on it and yet you people somehow think your rights are being violated, it's ludicrous
2007-08-27 07:18:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 2⤋
This argument is getting mighty old. Do some reading on what Roger Williams thought about America and Church and State. Some came for freedom of religion, not all. Some beleived that the nation was formed under God, not all. Some want to make America a Christian Dictatorship, not all. No one wants to take Christianity out of the picture, how could you. I am Christian and every decision I make is affected by that fact, I simply cannot force my views on others. How is it that you think that every other religion "gets what they want?" I am sure that if you talk to an American Muslim, you will find they are not exactly feeling the love of the US government at this point in time and I hear the Buddhist, Hindu and Taoist lobbying machines in Washington are massive. No, its only two religious groups that tend to force their views on the rest of us. And I bet I don't even need to spell out which ones they are.
2007-08-27 07:32:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
How do you know that they came here for Religious purposes, you didn't talk to them. Mixing politics with religion has gotten way out of hand, Bush prays and attends church like he is big religious person, that is bunch put on and he will be punished more than people that tell the truth, that they believe in God but don't attend services because they want to take 10 % out of your pocket if ever sign that slip they'll bill you if your late a reminder you are behind in your church agreements. OH, no that is wrong and there has been a lot of people stop attending just for that purpose. I am beleiver that not all but a majority of those preachers sin worst than I do. Why would you want to go a listen to someone that you know hit you up for a date, that is why I say you can worship at home and Jesus listens to you without involving all this money for woamanizer preachers.
2007-08-27 07:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the problem with religion. It makes people so damn ignorant that think we are trying to destroy Christianity and promote every other religion.
Religion should have no influence on laws made that effect EVERY citizen of the US. What part of that don't you understand? This applies to the Christians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Budhists, Mormons, etc.
The only reason Christian get more publicity on these matters is because you don't hear Muslims in the US asking the govt. to make laws that respect only Islam, do you? You don't see Mormon asking the Govt. to outlaw caffeine because it's against THEIR religion, do you?
How thick are you? Don't you see the reason why Christianity is taking so much heat? It's because they deserve it. They've infiltrated the white house and because of the Christian beliefs the entire country cannot pursue stem cell research based strictly on Christian views. Gay people can't marry because a few Christians don't like it. Not because it harms anyone, only because a 2000 year old book of fiction disagrees with it.
I don't hate Christians, I hate ALL religions. They preach ignorance, hatred, intolerance, exclusion and worse of all, they get a free ride from criticism. I am done respecting religious belief. It's time we start criticizing these religious nut jobs and take our country back.
2007-08-27 07:36:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never forget the role of religion when it came to founding the United States. The founders were of many different religions, and were not all Christians. They set up a government that protects the rights of all who wish to worship in their own way without giving favoritism to one religion over another.
Some Chrisitans have the perception that they are being set aside in favor of other religions. But I think that they don't understand that as this country grows many different religions have experienced growth in their numbers as well. No one is telling Christians they can't worship as they always have, they are only trying to tell Christians that it is time to recognize that being the religious majority in this country doesn't give them sway over the government or others who believe differently. In matters of religion in this country, the majority does not rule and should respect all others who believe differently than they do. I personally feel that there are too many Christians who feel they have some special dispensation to run this country, and affect her laws in their favor, and all other religions be damned. Now they are outraged that other religious factions have the nerve to demand equal consideration in our country. To me, that is not following the standards set out by our forefathers. They understood the importance of not legislating their religious beliefs into the lives of all who live here. I wish that those Christians who have become fanatical about their religion and wish to order all of our lives according to their edict could get a grip on that. Maybe a basic American history course could help them understand.
2007-08-27 07:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes we were founded on religious freedom and people use their right to free speech to run it into the ground on a daily basis. If you will read most of the answers you will see that the least tolerance goes towards Christianity. Personally I don't care what type of religion you practice I support your right to do so but if you think Muslims or Jews have a harder burden to bear with their religion than those who practice Christianity at least in this nation then your not paying much attention, Christianity is blamed for all of societies ills.
2016-05-19 02:32:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Founding Fathers were mostly Deists. The nation was founded not founded for religious purpose, it was a single part of many in the founding of the nation. The country was founded on freedom FROM religion as much as it was freedom OF religion.
2007-08-27 07:32:28 · answer #7 · answered by that_guy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The people in some of the northern American colonies generally came for religious freedom. The Southern colonies were founded by people looking for economic opportunity.
Immigrants since then have come for the same reasons - many of the Germans who came did come for religious freedom, while most other groups came for economic opportunity.
The Declaration of Independence was mostly written by a Deist, Thomas Jefferson, who wrote his own version of the Bible, with the general advice about treating our neighbors well left in, but with all the miracles taken out.
I do agree that sometimes political correctness is such that people are allowed to make any criticism they want of Christians, and none of anyone else, but history doesn't indicate that most Americans came for religious reasons.
2007-08-27 07:21:33 · answer #8 · answered by Thomas M 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
really? how are Christians being "taken out of the picture"?
is America shutting down churches? can children no longer pray in school? is there a shortage of preachers/pastors/priests on television or the radio?
sounds like you may think that Christians are somehow different from those belonging to "every other religion" and if you think that America was founded on favoritism for or against this or that religion you are dead wrong.
go freely practice whatever you want, and please, for the love of "god" acknowledge the right of "all those other" religions to do the same.
2007-08-27 07:22:51 · answer #9 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It was? Wow, that would be news to the founding fathers. They thought it was because of taxation without representation in parliament. At least that is what they said when they declared their independence from England. The English king and his parlaiment were not serving the freeborn Englishmen of the New World Colonies and so those colonies rebelled. Many settlers from Europe did come to America to avoid religious persecution but not all did for that reason. Some came to avoid debtors prison or simply to make a better life.
2007-08-27 07:27:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
not exactly. they came here for religious freedom. that's it, not to create an christian ideocracy, which is exactly what the were escaping.
taking 'christianity out of the picture' makes no sense. nobody should want to stop you from being christian. you just can't force it on others, and you can't force it on government.
besides, why would you want the government to interfere with your religion or visa-versa?
2007-08-27 07:22:47 · answer #11 · answered by Incognito 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋