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Should There Be a Separation Between Church and State?
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) says she is “tired” of the U.S.’s separation of church and state, arguing that…
Should There Be a Separation Between Church and State?
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) says she is “tired” of the U.S.’s separation of church and state, arguing that “the church is supposed to direct the government.”
“I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk — that’s not in the Constitution. It was in a stinking letter, and it means nothing like they say it does,” Boebert said during a speech at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, CO.
“The reason we had so many overreaching regulations is because the church complied,” Boebert added.
“The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it.”
What do you think? Should there be a separation between church and state? Let us know with your vote!
Paul
April 13, 2023 at 9:07 pm
Boebert is clearly a moron !
Millions were murdered during the dark ages because the Roman Catholic Church had power over governmental authority.
The Founding Fathers wanted “ no king and no pope “ because they knew of the atrocities for more than 1200 years. No “divine rule” just “we the people “.
Kawika56
May 29, 2023 at 9:16 pm
There are many Christians who see no direct relationship between their Christian faith and education, business, economics, politics, and everything else. It’s not that they are hypocrites. It’s more likely they were taught the Bible does not apply to their larger world, certainly not when it comes to this world topics because there is said to be a fixed sacred-secular divide. Pastors do not address politics from the pulpit because Jesus didn’t get mixed up in politics; there’s a separation between church and state; our citizenship is in heaven; politics is dirty; you can’t impose your morality on other people; we don’t want to offend people; we’re told not to judge; we are to render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, but we often forget that even Caesar is to render to God what belongs to God (Matt. 22:21). And what belongs to God? Everything!
As a result, Christians often adopt the broader culture’s version of the role that the State is semi-divine, and we must always do its bidding. The thing of it is, we don’t live under Caesar.
The Supreme Court has used the term, “The legal separation of Church and State”.
The only place you will find anything resembling that, in any LEGAL DOCUMENT was in Communist Russia.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOVIET UNION
Article 124 of the Soviet Union’s 1947 Constitution has been translated by most scholars to read,
“In order to ensure to citizen’s freedom of conscience, the church in the USSR is separated from the state, and the school from the church. Freedom of religious worship and freedom of anti-religious propaganda is recognized for all citizens.”
Now, If you believe that last sentence, you do not know your history.
First, the ‘Reds’ separated the Church from the State, then the People were forcefully separated from participation in the Church, then the remaining Religious were ‘separated’ from their LIFE, or sent to Siberia to be worked to death.
The same position was adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1947 in their infamous ‘Separation of Church and State’ ruling.
Why is the United States of America kowtowing to laws created by the CCCP?
Soviet Russian Communism is now dead, but still alive and well in the USA.
There is no United States Constitutional “separation” obligation to scour God from classrooms and civic life.
Granted, no one in their right mind would want some “Church” running their Government.
…Or the Government running their Church.
However, there is a middle ground in which, we must have people of high moral character, like those obtained from traditional religious values running the Government.
(But certainly NOT those “Religious Values by Popular Vote” as found in the current Episcopal Church, where practicing homosexuals are elected as Bishop)
Where in the Bible does it say that GOD will allow YOU to decide, (or vote on) which of the Ten Commandments are currently relevant?
They were not created to be a pick-and-choose salad-bar.
Where does it say that GOD’s Commandments shall be periodically updated?
Which do you prefer: Some “Church” running your Government…? Or the Government running your Church…?
Pick one?
With Islam you get it both ways!
There is no “Separation of Mosque and State” they are one and the same!
Parker
July 1, 2023 at 11:00 am
The U.S. government needs to stay out of the church and religious business; GOD is very capable of handling that!