I would consider a separation of Church and State being that, something from any religious texts cannot be provided in order to support or deny regulation, but can be manifested in the people calling the shots. So, whereas in my philosophy no Bible verse could be pulled in order to make Abortion illegal, people who believe that the Bible regulates this may defend the aforementioned action to the grave. Also, this means that no figure from any religion, or religion as a whole, can be present on government property or in a symbol that the American government endorses.

I've thought about this for awhile and believe it is the most fair order that would be possible regarding religion and politics. However, no one besides my family agrees and flat out thinks that we should govern based on Christianity, the most popular belief system in the USA.

Basically, I can respect that people have their own beliefs, but why do you have to make those beliefs govern the lives of others?  I do think that church and state should be kept separate, especially since times are changing.

It's only when public officials start quoting scripture when i start to go

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Educators destroy your brain,
but you don't know, so why care?
Fagotto

If we cannot use religion in any issues, what do we do then? How are we to decide what is right, and what is wrong? Do we let a 3rd party bystander decide for us who has no interest in the topic, or do we use our gut feelings (religious morals) to decide.

I believe morals are what teach us right and wrong, however we cannot push our morals onto anyone else.
I also believe that every being has the right to LIFE, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

So if a guy comes into my house and kills my sister and my dog, he should be brought up on charges for two crimes, murder of the girl, and murder of the dog.

(Neither I have.)
Just making a point.

But what I am getting at, is that the moment you deny another being life, or liberty, or pursuit of happiness, you have just given up your own rights, because you have taken away from someone else, thus justice says you lose your rights as well.


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If I wanted to listen to an asshole. Id fart.

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All I know is that I know everything
-S0LITUDE

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I live in Florida, and among my conversations I have learned that the vast majority of people believe that this country was founded by religious people with the intent of serving the people through religion. I believe this is false, as it's been stated that the belief of many of the founding fathers are superfluous at best.

I would consider a separation of Church and State being that, something from any religious texts cannot be provided in order to support or deny regulation, but can be manifested in the people calling the shots. So, whereas in my philosophy no Bible verse could be pulled in order to make Abortion illegal, people who believe that the Bible regulates this may defend the aforementioned action to the grave. Also, this means that no figure from any religion, or religion as a whole, can be present on government property or in a symbol that the American government endorses.

I've thought about this for awhile and believe it is the most fair order that would be possible regarding religion and politics. However, no one besides my family agrees and flat out thinks that we should govern based on Christianity, the most popular belief system in the USA.

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This country most populated by religious people (at first) wanting to do so, it was not founded on that belief.

Those who believe we should govern on Christianity because it is the most popular - would they rethink their belief once some other religion were to become the most popular and therefore it is then ok to make them abide by the belief of others?  I think not.

Government and religion when mixed always serve to corrupt both.

As a pastor I cannot tolerate any congregation of the two.

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Just because the Bible is anti-abortion doesn't mean that just regular people can't be as well.

It's only when public officials start quoting scripture when i start to go

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The Bible addresses abortion?

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"Hey, that's not very nice, Mayor--
just because a person's gay doesn't mean he's a fag!"
-Stan

In my opinion, that isn't necessarily a good thing. There are times that it really shows that the Church has a more powerful hold on the people than the government do here in the Philippines. No matter what the Church says, the government listens. So, in essence we sometimes end up being ruled by the Church rather than the government. The majority of the Philippines is under the Roman Catholic Religion, but considering 1/3 of the Philippines (Mindanao) is mostly composed of Muslims, I'm sure this may seem unfair to them. Christians and Muslims as we should all know haven't had the best record when it comes to agreeing to terms.

In conclusion, the government, for me, should be separate from the church. The church should then take charge of the people of the church and not of the country.