2007-09-19 02:00:30 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because there isn't a true separation of church and state in the US. There SHOULD be, but it's not there. At least not yet.
Why do we swear on bibles when giving testimony in court? Why does the President swear on a bible when taking office?
These are all signs that the seperation of church and state does not fully exist at this time.
2007-09-19 02:06:31 · answer #1 · answered by Kelson 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
lilmissykato is confused. In the 1950s, to show the world that we were a religious and just nation - unlike the communists in the Soviet Union that all but banned religion - the U.S. put religious wording in the Pledge of Allegiance.
'In God We Trust' was added during the Civil War during a time of increased religious sentiment.
The U.S., however, was founded by religious Christians. My interpretation of the First Amendment - "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." - is that the U.S. Government is not allowed to make one religion the 'State Religion'. However, everyone has a right to worship their own religion.
The 'Seperation of Church & State' is never stated in the U.S. Constitution.
2007-09-19 02:12:44 · answer #2 · answered by Downriver Dave 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It does not specify which God... So it applies to everyone. Even an athiest has a god - even though it is not a deity, in that context it is whatever is supreme in their life.
Oh, and there is no separation of Church and State. It was a statement made by Jefferson to say that the State could not interfere in the matters of the Church, but the Church (in todays context this would be anyone who has any belief) should be involved in the State.
2007-09-19 02:19:04 · answer #3 · answered by capitalctu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In God We Trust first appeared on bronze two-cent coins in 1864, during the American Civil War. Religion was popular in those days, especially during wartime. It's an interesting story. The details are on a US Treasury web site here:
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
I probably should add a page to my own website about this at http://www.valuable-coin-stories.com
Great discussion here -- keep going!
2007-09-19 02:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by CoinTrain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do some research, become educated. Options are a dime a dozen, truth is costly.
The separation of church and state is to keep the Federal government from forming and imposing on it's citizens a national church, as was the case in England.
The first ammendment states that government will not create a national religion however government officials have the right to practice any religious ideas that they want. Complete article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state
Start your research here; http://www.google.com/search?q=separation%20of%20church%20and%20state&sourceid=groowe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Make it a great day!
2007-09-19 02:18:58 · answer #5 · answered by Hokiefire 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans are very trustful and have to go to the Ukraine to learn how to say and do the "exact opposite." They trust that the bottled milk won't be made out of White Russian or Latvian rat milk, the pasta and macaroni will not be made out of cardboard and contain arsenic, and that their oatmeal will not be made with a percentage of cardboard. They trust the salt doesnt contain cyanide and that the orange juice they drink will be from the original factory and not repackaged in Comnunist Albania.
Americans are naive! The slogan is "opposite"!!
2007-09-19 03:00:48 · answer #6 · answered by Chatty82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can take it off. This country trusts more in Brittney Spears than God. Seperation of Church and State means there will be no state mandated religion.
2007-09-19 02:13:07 · answer #7 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far money is concerned,Americans don't want to take any risk.They feel it's safer to entrust their money in to the hands of God.I think that deep down in their heart they also know that a persona like a God is least likely to make away with their money than other Thugs around the world.A wise concept.
2007-09-19 02:09:59 · answer #8 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is not a Church.
All government throughout the World, except for a few countries who are declared to be aligned with a specific belief system, are made up of representatives from all belief systems.
2007-09-19 02:21:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first amendment doesn't say separation of church and state, it says freedom of religion. It means you cant get persecuted for your religious beliefs and the government cannot make a law that declares a religion.
2007-09-19 02:09:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋