News Seperation of Church/State is a LIE!

wow man I'm a christian but she is just beyond limits, I think religion should be about freedom of belief and not be run by abstract rules and such

My beliefs:
I believe that 95% of people can simply not create a healthy mixture of the two. Religion and Politics is a discussion I usually tend to stay out of. If I get into it...I keep it civil. Most people, extreme political personalities tend to want religion out from the perspective of faith.

Most religious extremists irritate me anyways...because the fact of the matter is that there are so many different religions...and each and every religion claims THEY are the only true religion.

This is why I keep my political views quiet unless I'm with friends, and why I discuss religion only with educated people.

"My way or the highway," has never really flown with me.

That's entirely up to you bro.

Unless news is posted on either CNN.com or washingtonpost.com, it's GARBAGE!

Hmm ok well here's my two sense I guess. (takes a deep breath)

I wouldn't go as far as to say Christians. There are many of us who do not do what is right(I know I fall WAAAAAY short), and many who don't even know what the heck it is that we believe. Personally I do not vote based on those things. I've known Jewish friends that by the way they live their lives with their beliefs make me feel ashamed at how I am not living mine. (Not that they call me on it, just that I realize I'm not doing what I should be, you know?)

I think heart heart is there, but her brain is messing it ALL up. Christians should be replaced with people who are striving to do what is right by God. (Allah, whatever)

There are many "Christians" or those that use the title that are more crooked and dark than what they show on the surface.

Ehh I dunno. I think it would take a friggin term paper to be able to show exaclt yhow I feel on this subject.

That's a little bit of a biased statement don't you think? So the news that's posted on my local news sources are garbage just because they aren't covered on CNN or in the washington post?

If we're going to be biased about news sources, what's so wrong with the New York Times?

CNN is just as accurate/innacurate as any other news source. They did a breaking story about an attack in Iraq while I was over there. I tell you now, it was nothing like they reported. The attack happened in a completely different place than they reported too. lol

I'm a Catholic Christian, this sounds like a crock of **** to me. God isn't biased towards Christians, there's plenty of Christians who don't uphold his Word. Likewise there are plenty of non-Christians that do uphold his Word.

I mean, Jesus was Jewish for Christ's sake..

What did you think, e?

Exactly. In fact, when it all comes down to it the teachings of most major world religions are essentially the same.

And what Katherine Harris said is a bunch of shit, plain and simple. I understand that law in general is based on morals, however that doesnt mean Christian Conservatives should be able to legislate their own Christian / Puritan morals on the rest of the population.

I hear some of these "Christian Conservatives" group muslims and Islam in general into the mix with radical islamic terrorists. All you have to do is look at theocratic governments like Iran to see the error of not separating religion.

Here's the big problem about separating church and state. Combining the 2 will ultimately lead to the average citizen losing his/her right to freely practice and establish the religion of his/her choice. Combining the two ensures that legislation favoring one religion will be enacted, and thus eventually laws are passed that favor Christianity and are prejudicial to other religions. Once that happens, say goodbye to religious freedom. That is why our founding fathers created such a separation. Separation is the best way to ensure free practice without control by government.

Eh, I wouldn't go that far... but I mean, yea, most promote a basic code of ethics.

It is a biased statement. I'm biased in that I don't pay attention to tabloidy stories. This story may be relevant if you're a voter in this particular district, but in my opinion, this is just a politician wearing their religion on their sleeve to gain attention. IMO, the whole idea of being a Christian having to equate with limiting the rights of others is stupid, so for that reason, this whole story is tabloidy. This is why I say I stick to major news sources like CNN and the Washington Post, because they don't ususally cover slanted stories like this (IBthey'reliberallyslantedcomments).

The New York Times is a good paper, but I happen to personally favor the Washington Post.

Im not Christian. Dont know what else to say. This country is mostly centered around the Christian religion. Most national holidays are Christian holidays. Bills, coins all say God on them. God is in the pledge. Im not saying that I dont believe in a God but some dont. I have friends that are atheists. Everyone has their own beliefs but this country is somewhat centered around the Christian religion and that is mainly because the founders of the country were all Christian.

You missed my point entirely. Read my posts again and maybe you'll get what I'm saying.

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Barnacules == Atheist

Katherine Harris can suck my balls

she and others in our government are entitled to their own beliefs. I disagree what she said, and she probaly wont get reelected, but she can have what beliefs she wants to have

Did I mention that Katherine Harris can suck my balls?

As long as those in government dont try to push their own religious beliefs on me then im fine with whatever they want to believe.