For the record, there is a difference between "religious freedom" and "the separation between church and state".
The former is a core principle that our founding fathers rightly integrated into the forming of our nation.
The latter is a fabricated concept, falsely attributed to our Constitution by a wayward Supreme Court in 1947, which has been mis-appropriated ever since then, suggesting that religion must be kept completely out of the public square.
With that in mind, I'm thankful for religious freedom, but I HATE the separation between church and state.
Z, when you wrote "I'm thankful for the separation between church and state" did you really mean, "I'm thankful for religious freedom"?
Church History shows us that having a state take on an official religion is extremely dangerous and motives get very very muddy and conflicted in the process. I am thankful that we are not a "Christian" nation in that sense... Make sense?
Constantine ... however noble his intentions may have been ... did an extreme dis-service to Cristendom by trying to combine the spheres of the Church and the State. And any attempt to replicate that has been disasterous the Church.
I would argue, however, that there is a big difference between a "Christian nation" (i.e. state sponsored religion) and a nation that is built on Judeo-Christian principles, yet allows religious freedom.
The former doesn't work, and the latter works quite well, as far as nations go.
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I am thankful for Christianity that commends that you love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, rather than kill in retaliation.
Wow! That is crazy.
For the record, there is a difference between "religious freedom" and "the separation between church and state".
The former is a core principle that our founding fathers rightly integrated into the forming of our nation.
The latter is a fabricated concept, falsely attributed to our Constitution by a wayward Supreme Court in 1947, which has been mis-appropriated ever since then, suggesting that religion must be kept completely out of the public square.
With that in mind, I'm thankful for religious freedom, but I HATE the separation between church and state.
Z, when you wrote "I'm thankful for the separation between church and state" did you really mean, "I'm thankful for religious freedom"?
Good post.
Church History shows us that having a state take on an official religion is extremely dangerous and motives get very very muddy and conflicted in the process. I am thankful that we are not a "Christian" nation in that sense... Make sense?
Yeah ... I'm with you on that.
Constantine ... however noble his intentions may have been ... did an extreme dis-service to Cristendom by trying to combine the spheres of the Church and the State. And any attempt to replicate that has been disasterous the Church.
I would argue, however, that there is a big difference between a "Christian nation" (i.e. state sponsored religion) and a nation that is built on Judeo-Christian principles, yet allows religious freedom.
The former doesn't work, and the latter works quite well, as far as nations go.
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