should RELIGION and GOVERNMENT be separate in all aspects and should not influence each other?

Question

for example, the government proposes death penalty, but religious groups demands to abolish it.

Answer 1

Yup.

Answer 2

Some religious groups seek to abolish the death penalty and some religious groups seek to expand the death penalty.

The legal decision ultimately should be secular.

Also, there should be NO LAWS that serve ONLY a religious purpose, such as laws pertaining to Sunday, or a religious test for public office.

Yes the constitution forbids a religious test for public office, but there are still some laws on some state books requiring a religious test for some public offices.

Answer 3

The best way to answer this is to look at governments which have historically been intertwined with the religion of the land. If that's the kind of society you'd like to live in, then yes, they should be mixed. If like some of us, however, you really rather like electricity and not having to have yourself leached instead of treated by a real doctor, you might not be so inclined to join the two. It's never occurred in any government I'm aware of that religion & government mixed and the people were in any sense "free". I don't believe it's possible, and don't care to be the subject of experimentation to determine otherwise.

And I'm not anti-religious. I just know that when they mix, one of them dominates, and whether it's the government controlling the church, or the church controlling the government, the results are to _nobody's_ satisfaction. Except the heads of whichever body is in dominance, of course. The heads of their opposition tend to end up falling into baskets, "sans corporea" if you will.

Answer 4

In order for God's true Heavenly Government to reign over the earth, at Armageddon all earthly governments must be destroyed. Soon, there will be no more separation of true Christians and a Heavenly Government as this is what was God's purpose for mankind to begin with. But mankind wanted to do things their own way, wanting to see a government before them instead of living under a whole and perfect Heavenly on, so God allowed this.

Now mankind can see that we are living such a poor quality of life and that mankind's "gubmints" do not work, so those with intelligence look forward to Armageddon where all of man's goverments will be destroyed permanently and will make way for God's true government that will never be brought to ruin---not ever. We cannot say this about mankind's governments presently. They are not stable and they offer "NO REAL TRUE PEACE", only warring and disconnect from what is perfect and pure.

Thanks.

Answer 5

Absolutely not. Religion provides a moral compass for government. Without that compass you end up with dictatorships and oppressive regimes. The Communist countries of this world are a prime example.

To the other extreme the Government should not be a theist based rule. Then you end up with countries such as Iran. There is a balance that can be found and it is found in the United States of America.

Answer 6

What is the problem with "separation of religion and government"? Praying for things to happen is simply what some people want to do. Now, I realize there are extremists out there that can really scare people. Is that what this question reflects? .

Answer 7

I see we have no history majors in this forum...

Our government was based off of the fact that we were seeking religious freedoms to begin with with,, I find it very ironic that so many wish to totally abolish our mortar stone.

I for one sure love the fact that our government paid Chaplin leads us in prayer before a deployment... that at least has not separated,, GI issued.

Answer 8

When it comes to mandating how one should worship, yes: always...and in that respect, it is.

The problem is, most legislators tend to adhere to one religion or another, and this may or many not influence which laws they tend to propose or oppose when it comes to lawmaking.

Until all legislators reject religion in all it's forms, it will always have a subtle influence on the laws of the land.

Answer 9

God's people should not be involved in politics because politics is a vey corrupt part of this world. And Jesus clearly told us to be "no part of the world." Yet all religious organizations are involved in politics, except ONE. Do you know which one?

Answer 10

Well honestly if you are Christian then you believe God is what made government. Most if not all US presidents are Christian in some fashion so sorry but until we elect a Jewish, Buddist, Hindu, Muslim, or aetheist then God will always be an influence. It's just that most people choose not to honor that influence!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 11

Yes, but so many things are based on religious ideas like the calendar, most laws, holidays, etc.. It would be really hard to do it completely.