How do you think our forefather's envisioned religion and government interacting?
How do you think that applies today?
What do you consider ideal?
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I think they envisioned it not interacting.
ReplyDeleteI think they should continue to not interact.
Not interacting.
Okay, seriously, I really do think that there can't help but be some interaction between church and state and that isn't always a bad thing. I do think that having a gov't sponsored prayer under any circumstances is bad.
I think that churches should get out of the business of endorsing candidates. I think we care too much about our candidates religious views, especially when we can't be certain if the views they say they have are even theirs.
I don't think churches should be tax exempt. I don't think anyone should be.
Constitution says that the gov't shouldn't make any laws defining a state religion or give one religion leverage over another. That said, they had prayer before meetings, which is a tradition that continues to today. BTW, the term 'seperation of chruch and state' comes from a letter that Jefferson wrote, not from anything in legislation.
ReplyDeleteIf we take the constitution at what it actually says we have the very simple and powerful idea that the state has no authority over the church, and the church has no authority over the state. That's pretty simple.
ReplyDeleteAs Christians, we are always ready to remember that the state has no authority over the church, but we forget that we aren't to have authority over the state. This is not only the American way, it's the Biblical way. We're not here to legislate, we're here to spread the Gospel. Christ didn't leave us with the command to "Go into all the courts and make morality."
Let's keep our feet on the path of the Gospel and of of Capitol Hill.
Correction-- "Let's keep our feet on the path of the Gospel and off of Capitol Hill."
ReplyDeleteI do, however, believe that there is an appropriate time to revolt against the government concerning moral issues. Thankfully certain people revolted against slavery, segregation, genocide, etc.
ReplyDeleteI think our government was intended to let people choose their religion and practice it freely, or choose not to practice any at all.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, I think that Christians (and the followers of every other religion) should be involved in government much the same way that they are involved in secular employment- go to work and do your job the best you can.