Do you believe our Forefathers believed in Seperation of Church, and State?

Answer 1

I don't have to "believe" it - I know they did. They said so themselves, in writing.

"Every new and successful example, therefore, of a perfect separation between the ecclesiastical and civil matters, is of importance; and I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together" - James Madison

"I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling in religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises." - Thomas Jefferson

"Twenty times in the course of my late reading have I been upon the point of breaking out, 'This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!'" - John Adams

Answer 2

You have to remember!!!! The Fore fathers were trying to escape the Roman Catholic church and the Church or England. The roman church controlled the state and the COE was controlled by the state. Even though they were exact opposites, both were wrong.
The intention in the newly formed United States was for each individual state to decide what denomination of Christianity would be in each state. For instance, In Georgia territory there could only be a Methodist church, no others allowed, in Maryland there could only be Catholic and so on. But it was the Baptist who held out and forced the congress adopt what is commonly called the "separation clause" which forbids the federal government or any state government fro making any law with respect to religion. Basically this clause keeps the government out of religion. It does not prevent the government from taking part in any religious festivities or events, but does prevent government from making any rules to govern religion. Unfortunately most today grossly misinterpret that clause.
Many today take it to mean that one can not exercise their Christian beliefs in public or in public office, when actually the so called separation clause protects that right.

Yes-the state and courts break the law every time they stop a city, state, of federal employee from putting up a nativity scene on government property.

Answer 3

Yes, but not as it is being said to be today. The point was to keep government out of our schools not the other way around.

The point was to not have the government dictate religion. This was, of course, based on the fact that England had a state religion, and the King dictated that religion.

Btw, "separation of church and state" is not found anywhere in the founding documents. The quote was from Thomas Jefferson, in a letter and repeated by the US Supreme Court.

Answer 4

The origin of the term is a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to the Landsbury Baptist Association.

"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."

Yes, I'd say they did.

Answer 5

Yes.

That's why they included two religious clauses in the First Amendment. Those clauses mean nothing without a separation of Church and State

Answer 6

Definately and I do too! I love the Lord and his word, but I also don't behave in a way that would be shameful. I think this is a snare that some people fall into.

Answer 7

They said so.

Read the writings of the early colonial settlements, the Constitution, the Federatist papers, the diaries of Franklin and Jefferson, etc.

They said so.

-Glenn O.

Answer 8

Absolutely. The vast majority left Europe for that very reason, to get away from government sponsored religion.

Answer 9

At the very least they agreed to it, since they ratified it in our constitution. Many of them had to believe it was a good idea or it wouldn't have been included. It's not like Thomas Jefferson sneaked it in when no one was looking.

Answer 10

They wanted the State kept out of the church so they could worship as they wished. They knew they couldn't keep church out of the state because people are religious. You can't park religion at the door, because God was not to be offended or rejected in anyway by the founding fathers. The fear of the Lord was in the founding fathers and they believed in hell. They did not believe in tolerating sin to the point of sinning against God.

Read the speeches of the past presidents of the USA and you will always see a recognition of God. Find the days set aside for prayer and repentence. Find "Thanksgiving" set aside by Lincoln for giving thanks to Almighty God.

Find "under God" set into the pledge by Eisenhower to honor and show respect to Almighty God. Also a means to stop the communist infiltration which in the 1950's started polluting the land with their secular humanist onslaught. They threw Darwin's missing link origen of man, monkey walking into man chart garbage at us. Every attempt was made to throw God out of America and make way for the one world order. One world religion garbage, one world government garbage and one wealthy group garbage of scum bag men who plan to rule the world and oppress the people.

Lincoln saw a different but similar approach as the nation divided over slavery and fought among ourselves a bitter war.

A great attempt is underway to divide this nation once again but this time with abortion, then throw in homosexuality and mix in a Darwin theory of evolution, big bang, billions of years, scientific ungodly religion and keep the race card brewing.

A great attempt at dividing this nation is underway. It is underhanded and evil.

To a Christian believer rejecting God is far worse than rejecting a fellow American non-believer.