Why don't people realize that is EXACTLY why our founders wanted a separation of Church and State!
2007-11-14 02:04:25 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Blue, I never said there should be no religion. I am a religious person, very active in my church. I just happen to also believe in the Constitution and REAL principles on which this country was formed.
2007-11-14 03:09:25 · update #1
Jack the Giant Killer says that they were not being persecuted by Christians and then points to two christian churches that were persecuting them. WTF?
2007-11-14 03:10:55 · update #2
Soulful Kris, that is all too true.
The Pilgrims landed in Plimouth and they eventually kicked out Roger Williams and his followers because their beliefs were different.
Williams moved south and founded Providence and eventually kicked out Anne Hutchinson and her followers because their beliefs were different.
Hutchinson moved south and founded Newport, RI. If she ever kicked anyone out there is no record of it since they were forced into the sea.
2007-11-14 03:15:00 · update #3
Hoosier Daddy - I am pretty sure that most of the original colonies were founded by religious groups, for religious reasons - or at least that is what they proclaimed. I don't think the original Jamestown settlement was established by religious exhiles. Some, such as New Amsterdam, were founded entirely because of economic opportunity. Maryland was founded by Catholics, Pennsylvania by Quakers, Rhode Island by religious exhiles from Plimouth.
Most of the settlers who eventually came did come for economic reason, so I agree with that.
2007-11-14 03:19:31 · update #4
Mike - Mike, Mike, Mike...
What can I say but WRONG! The founders did not put God on our money or on our buildings. The God in the Declaration was a naturistic god and no mention was made in the Constitution, which was written by most of the same folks. What do you make of that?
2007-11-14 03:21:55 · update #5
Yes. And then they came over here and did the same thing that they fled from.
2007-11-14 02:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by S K 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Okay I have written this before but i am sure it will be this way.
Christians have no choice but to become facist eventually and of course there is a recession coming up and I figure economic conditions are generally the way they rise to power using a complex equation involving votes for tax cuts and voter uncertainty about the future ect.
So when they DO become facist we will start an "unholy underground railroad." I will conduct it, and pull all the athiests, Jews, bhuddists, shintoists, recons, and the like out of the country to Canada where we can mass an army on the other side. Meanwhile, the wiccans and the muslims will battle against the fundies as our front lines. we will sweep around the sides, inviting mexico to invade since we all know they've been itching to for years and besides we can take catholocism because they have great charities and we can always pull the reperations card since they've persecuted just about everyone.
Don't worry, I have a plan to take back America. Vote for me 2008.
2007-11-14 02:16:38 · answer #2 · answered by <Sweet-Innocence> 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The US was NOT founded by Christians fleeing religious persecution. That's a fat stinking load of Massachusetts propaganda. The US was founded by people who were looking for better economic opportunity, some people fleeing political disagreements, and a tiny minority fleeing religious persecution. The vast majority came here for economic reasons.
Public education in the USA is such a load of crap.
2007-11-14 02:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Puritans, anyway, weren't fleeing from persecution. They came to America because they were disgusted with the Church of England. Why? The Church of England refused to support the Calvinistic beliefs of the Puritans.
2007-11-14 02:56:37 · answer #4 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
The persecution came from 2 sources:
1. The Catholic church-which controlled everything including the government.
And eventually-
2. The Church of England which was controlled by the government (king).
2007-11-14 02:15:51 · answer #5 · answered by Poor Richard 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Persecute: To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity, to harass; to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship. Does this word sound like a concept in the message that Jesus sent to mankind? Jesus spoke against all persecution by any man.
2007-11-14 02:21:35 · answer #6 · answered by Thomas A 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, weren't they the persecutors themselves? Here's a valid history of the reasons of separation of church/state on the Library of Congress' site:
2007-11-14 02:07:59 · answer #7 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The government.
2007-11-14 04:13:34 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that's why GOD is on our money, monuments, the declaration. And our founders wanted freedom from religious persecution not a separation of church and state, that is something atheist have made up to get GOD out of their lives and our government.
2007-11-14 02:15:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
I Think you are Correct.
AnyWay, satan is the spirit of Division!!!
satan can't do anything without ending up Dividing it!!!
hitler had his own men (I think some Generals too!) Executed.
See?
Yes, satan DIVIDES the "what you Call Christians"---I callem' Children of GOD.
If they Were Really "Christ-Like" (Christian), they would Know the Tricks of satan and would NOT Be Fooled into "Dividing ThemSelves Up".
Example: Names on "church Buildings", religious Organizations etc.
2007-11-14 02:14:20 · answer #10 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I know lol. How much more explicit can you get right?
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2007-11-14 02:07:22 · answer #11 · answered by Jason 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋