WHY??...Just look at human history and give me one solid example of the combination of church and state leading to the flourishing of SCIENCE, ART and individual human rights and expressionism!!!!
2007-11-28 05:00:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Sorry Braley P. I meant to give you a thumbs up but gave you a thumbs down due to my fumbling fingers. Cheers for such a good answer... it is so obvious really ...cheers!!!
2007-11-28 06:28:19 · update #1
Bradley P ...said what I was going to say..DAM
;-)
2007-11-29 01:31:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no way to separate the two!!! You can 'say' that they aree, but in reality, they are not! Religions will always lead the way for the governments! The Pope is the real power in this earth right now, & he doesn't even have an army. However, one word from him & Iron Curtains come crasing down!!! Religions rule on ignorance & superstition!!! In this country, where the people are educated, their lulled to sleep with pleasurable activvities that make them not care about anything; thus, making the massses successable to any type of suggestion! Religions exist mainly to kill & destroy!!! War is the greatest weapon!!! Religious intolerance is the greatest form of hatred! Kill em' all in the name of allah!!! Kill em' all n the name of jesus!!! What's the difference? They all beleive that they're headed straight to heaven to be rewarded for all their great killing!!!
2007-11-28 13:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
ABSOLUTELY.
To include a particular religion in government is to exclude the others, the undermines the basic principles of a republic or democracy. To even only give preference to one religion over the other is to exclude the others; this in turn creates resentment and endangers the democracy itself.
in order for somebody to be free, the law can not only prevent them from being free, but also must not give preference to what they're not; this is turn is akin to something along the lines of 'separate but equal,' or something equally as asinine.
2007-11-28 13:05:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and hell yes. ^_^ I doubt you're going to get much coherent argument against you here--not just in P&S, but on the internet in general. People in the Developed World, in general, and in the United States in particular, just assume that they *have* Freedom of Speech & Expression, and that they *have* Freedom of Faith, by default. Separation of church and state in most public circumstances has become the Rule and the Standard under which our civilization has flourished.
And really...if you look at history, everything, and *I mean EVERYTHING* has to fall apart totally, go to Hell in a handbasket, before a theocratic state becomes attractive. The only real example of a church/state combination actually *encouraging* arts, sciences and freedom....was with the Moorish occupation of Spain in the pre-Renaissance era of Medieval Europe.
Everyone else on that continent had feudal governments that ruled by the Divine Right of Kings--this was pre-Magna Carta, so there wasn't even a *concept* of Rule of Law to go by. It took the Moorish/African Muslim conquest of Spain to *bring* some degree of Rule of Law to that area. And science flourished, as did *religious tolerance* (this was also *centuries* before insurgent, Wahabbi Islam folks).
But this was only really in comparison to their neighbors. The rest of Europe really didn't *have* any civilization, at least not as we know it. Much of the continent had fallen into anarchy, and then feudalist contracts that armed *strongmen* inflicted on peasant farmers, for *generations*.
So....some civilization beats none. That is all that proves. If you have to choose between a halfway tolerant, rational theocracy, and feudalist anarchy, maybe *then* theocracy becomes a legitimate choice.
Otherwise, it doesn't. ^_^ Hope this helps.
2007-11-28 13:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by Bradley P 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I totally agree with Kenny's answer. I feel that religion is influencing politics far too much in the UK- each to their own- but as an agnostic, I feel totally secluded at times as my life is dictated to by laws based on religion. Yes, respect people's religious choice, but please in turn respect the views of us who are not religious. I love to investigate through science and creativity- something which my UK education has encouraged- looking at inventors, science and using creativity and imagination. If this is all lost through religion dictating to us- we will go back to the dark ages.
Ben Elton hints at this topic in his new book Blind faith.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/ben-elton/blind-faith.htm
The world is round after all! Let's keep the balance right. Religious tolerance but not religious dictatorship.
2007-11-28 13:27:43 · answer #5 · answered by brainlady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well yeah but the first Amendment states that we have Religous Freedom, or Right to not even have a religion, so what's the problem?
2007-11-28 13:14:44 · answer #6 · answered by Coolio 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is worded badly. Yes, religion and government should be kept seperate. Not everyone is religious. The government has to conform to the people, the people don't conform to the government.
2007-11-28 13:08:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
religon ruins politics and politics debases religon.
Our country needs to open a good old can of 'Mind Your Own Business"
2007-11-28 13:07:47 · answer #8 · answered by Fancy That 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Maybe all words in capital letters should be removed entirely?
2007-11-28 13:05:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes.!!!
2007-11-28 13:06:18 · answer #10 · answered by JAM123 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋