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Comments on: Separation of Church and State http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/ I'm not crazy! I'm going sane in a crazy world! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:29:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: JDHarper.com » Preaching Politics http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-48817 JDHarper.com » Preaching Politics Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-48817 [...] I have long maintained that separation of church and state is not the great evil that my Christian school teachers and pastors have made it out to be. In fact, separation of church and state is one of the things that makes this country great. [...] […] I have long maintained that separation of church and state is not the great evil that my Christian school teachers and pastors have made it out to be. In fact, separation of church and state is one of the things that makes this country great. […]

]]> By: The Official Website of J. D. Harper http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-22036 The Official Website of J. D. Harper Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:18:11 +0000 http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-22036 [...] I have long maintained that separation of church and state is not the great evil that my Christian school teachers and pastors have made it out to be. In fact, separation of church and state is one of the things that makes this country great. [...] […] I have long maintained that separation of church and state is not the great evil that my Christian school teachers and pastors have made it out to be. In fact, separation of church and state is one of the things that makes this country great. […]

]]> By: to Give an Answer http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-486 to Give an Answer Mon, 06 Jun 2005 02:00:25 +0000 http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-486 Amen! Preach it, brother! I agree with everything you've written here. ;-) Amen! Preach it, brother! I agree with everything you’ve written here. ;-)

]]> By: Blog Jones http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-485 Blog Jones Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:11:26 +0000 http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-485 <blockquote>So..we should be making major policy based on someone’s letter to someone?</blockquote> Yes. Absolutely. When the author of the letter is also one of the authors of the document you're trying to understand, it makes perfect sense to use the letter as a commentary. <blockquote>It seems to me that the founding Fathers did not mean that government and God should be completely divorced from each other, as some seem to think these days, because when you read their writings and speeches and public proclamations, there are frequent references to God. </blockquote> I do that some build the wall of separation too high at times. As I said, my position is that the government needs to avoid any official backing, and any appearance of any official backing, of any particular religion or sect. Individual officials are welcome to voice their belief in whatever god they believe in, as long as they don't A) demand that others believe in their god while they wield the power of the state B) take a position that favors one religion over another. <blockquote>And I have always heard it was meant to be more of a protection of religion from governmental interference.</blockquote> That was definitely a part of it, but remember that America was settled by religious refugees fleeing the Catholic and Anglican churches, both of which were given their teeth by the power of the state. By separating the power of the state from the doctrines of the church, the Bill of Rights ensures that the state cannot be used as a tool for Inquisitions and other religious warfare.

So..we should be making major policy based on someone’s letter to someone?

Yes. Absolutely. When the author of the letter is also one of the authors of the document you’re trying to understand, it makes perfect sense to use the letter as a commentary.

It seems to me that the founding Fathers did not mean that government and God should be completely divorced from each other, as some seem to think these days, because when you read their writings and speeches and public proclamations, there are frequent references to God.

I do that some build the wall of separation too high at times. As I said, my position is that the government needs to avoid any official backing, and any appearance of any official backing, of any particular religion or sect.

Individual officials are welcome to voice their belief in whatever god they believe in, as long as they don’t A) demand that others believe in their god while they wield the power of the state B) take a position that favors one religion over another.

And I have always heard it was meant to be more of a protection of religion from governmental interference.

That was definitely a part of it, but remember that America was settled by religious refugees fleeing the Catholic and Anglican churches, both of which were given their teeth by the power of the state. By separating the power of the state from the doctrines of the church, the Bill of Rights ensures that the state cannot be used as a tool for Inquisitions and other religious warfare.

]]> By: Barbara H. http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-484 Barbara H. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:44:09 +0000 http://www.blogjones.com/WordPress/2005/06/01/separation-of-church-and-state/#comment-484 <blockquote>Although the words “separation of church and state” do not appear in the Bill of Rights, a letter from Thomas Jefferson commenting on the Bill makes it clear that the first ammendment was intended to build a “wall of separation between church and state.”</blockquote> So..we should be making major policy based on someone's letter to someone? It seems to me that the founding Fathers did not mean that government and God should be completely divorced from each other, as some seem to think these days, because when you read their writings and speeches and public proclamations, there are frequent references to God. And I have always heard it was meant to be more of a protection of religion from governmental interference. For an interesting article on sepration of church and state, see http://www.wallbuilders.com/resources/search/detail.php?ResourceID=9

Although the words “separation of church and state” do not appear in the Bill of Rights, a letter from Thomas Jefferson commenting on the Bill makes it clear that the first ammendment was intended to build a “wall of separation between church and state.”

So..we should be making major policy based on someone’s letter to someone?

It seems to me that the founding Fathers did not mean that government and God should be completely divorced from each other, as some seem to think these days, because when you read their writings and speeches and public proclamations, there are frequent references to God. And I have always heard it was meant to be more of a protection of religion from governmental interference.

For an interesting article on sepration of church and state, see http://www.wallbuilders.com/resources/search/detail.php?ResourceID=9

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