after all if you are sure your god is better than Mitt's and you are decidedly voting for a candidate who is al about religion.
then isn't your objective to vote the "holiest" candidate?
so really you are NOT for separation of church and state. but rather the church and state as one. therefore you want he government to interfere with your religion.
great. when public opinion changes over time and muslims are the popular-trendy religion then you wil have them call the shots for your church-state.
now you see why separation of church and state is critical,
but go ahead. vote your faith over politics.
it's funny. being a candidate these days means how religious you are. or are you more religious than the other guy.
or even better- are you the right kind of religion. are you a mormon, a baptist, a muslim?
what a crock
2007-12-06 02:29:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
humanism is a legally recognized religion.
on that statement alone, should not every science curriculum in America be abolished? separation of church and state, as you say.
the problem with humanism, is that it assumes people are by nature, good. the exact opposite is true. not all of the founding fathers were Christian. but it was THE predominant thought behind every governing document of the day. and John Jay said it best--Americans should want Christians as their leaders. (paraphrased.)
EDIT: you Do know who John Jay was, right?
2007-12-06 02:36:40 · answer #1 · answered by daddio 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well,
The guys who wrote the establishment clause were anything but anti-religion. They were firmly planted in Judeo/Christianity and their morals. In fact, they said that the US Constitution would be worthless without a religious-based society. They just didn't want the government to promote any single one.
What people get confused on is that not promoting any single one isn't the same and putting the middle finger at all of them.
But, like it or not, we all have religious beliefs. If you are an atheist, then your religious belief is that there is no god. So, it isn't very fair to the majority of Americans to have the religion of Atheism constantly promoted.
Which is why you could say that in a High School graduation that you would be fine to have an opening prayer, just pass it around to different religions. For instance, if some of us are Methodist, have one of the Methodists pray one year, a Catholic the next, a Mormon the next, and in honor of the Atheists, we have no prayer one of those years. Why do the Atheists get all offended by others' religions? I'm not offended by other's religions. Believe what you want, but don't try to take away my right to publicly express my religion.
If you are not religious, then you're going to vote Democratic anyway. Why stir the pot?
2007-12-06 02:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by Stallion 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No State sponsored Religion, However you can't seperate being an Atheist from your Governance which is a religion.
Atheists never created a Civil Rights Movement
Atheists never freed Slaves
They did however massacre millions on behalf of the state.
Nazis and Communists
2007-12-06 02:55:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If anyone is interfering or wanting to interfere with our first amendment rights it would have to be the liberals who want to control the programs on talk radio and tell people when and where they may be able to worship and what historical or religious symbols can be put on "People Owned" property. Yes, property owned by the government is property owned by the people and since we live in a republic the majority should rule.
2007-12-06 02:46:10 · answer #4 · answered by Jake S 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The fact that some people running for office have faith in God in no way disqualifies them from holding office. Read the first amendment.
2007-12-06 04:08:08 · answer #5 · answered by espreses@sbcglobal.net 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no longer all Christians try this. As somebody who used to stay with that philosophy, i are in a position to furnish you an answer, however. i might say those staggering issues because of the fact of all the changes i might discover in church homes i might circulate to. i might replace into so annoyed with attempting to be sure what i replace into "meant" to have faith, i eventually gave up. I grabbed my Bible and started analyzing. I do have a private courting with Jesus, and in the path of the Bible I found out the way He needed me to stay. for this reason, i did no longer % out myself with any particular denomination of Christianity. I purely lived because of the fact the Bible informed me I ought to.
2016-10-19 09:45:07 · answer #6 · answered by henshaw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Putting anything over politics is actually quite intelligent. Politics and Politico's are the reason we are in this mess. They politicize religion and faith to make it seem the way you are speaking about.
Just like they politicize poverty, AIDS, etc.
I do agree with a prior poster, your post is speculation at best.
2007-12-06 02:42:43 · answer #7 · answered by Phil M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not a republican and I am against the state interfering in any part of my life. That goes for the feds too. Too many laws and rules and not enough freedom of choice.
2007-12-06 11:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by jughead 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your logic is flawed. your lines of reasoning are based on speculation, at best. I'm a Republican and I don't care about religion as long as the candidate has the same moral compass that I have. Morality and religion are two separate things.
2007-12-06 02:35:44 · answer #9 · answered by only p 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I will, I want someone in office that has some values...remember our former president had none...he said a b j was not sexual...I will vote for someone who has values...and non-believers have none...why because they don't believe anything is bad...just your opinion...Now that is crock....
2007-12-06 02:37:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋