Out God We Thrust

I ask you a question about "Freedom of Religion" and you respond with an answer about "Christianity". What percentage of Muslims in America do you believe would agree with you (for valid or invalid reasons)?

You've summed it up perfectly for me. Freedom for Christians to practice Christianity in a Christian America. As long as Christians are 100% comfortable then "Freedom of Religion" has been achieved. You won't make any sacrifices for other people.

Furthermore, Christianity gets all the credit when things go right, and none of the blame when things go wrong. Therefore allowing God in schools can only result in good. If kids interpret their religious teachings correctly then Christianity saves society. If kids interpret their religious teachings incorrectly then it is their fault because they are psychopathic. Why wouldn't good schools produce good Christians and bad schools produce bad Christians?

Do you really want public school teachers espousing religion in schools? What happens when a teacher starts teaching your children Kwanzaa? Teachers aren't all Christians either, maybe we should make that a requirement for public schools.

 

During that 100 year period we had legalized discrimination, women not being allowed to vote, minorities not being allowed to vote.

You mentioned the gang violence not being related to prayer in schools, well our dominance during that 100 year history also had no relation to prayer in school.

In addition to the things I mentioned above it probably had more to do with legalized child labor, monopolies, over long work weeks, slum lords, unsafe working conditions, and low wages. Those were all practices during the time we had prayer in schools, and probably had more to do with our nations rise to power than prayer in school. The things I mentioned have a direct effect on the economy.

The fact that all of those things were prevolent during the time of School prayer also leads me to believe our nation was not a bit more moral during that period either.

 

I've already given you a quote about what Jefferson thought, and here is either the same or a similar one.

It seems that Jefferson appreciated individuality and saw no need to impose a religious tradition on anynoe.

 

Just like how you want ME to pay taxes for schools promoting YOUR specific religious tradition (or whatever you think your religion should be).

AINT GOING TO HAPPEN. PERIOD.

 

The first amendment protects the freedom of religion. It consists of two parts: the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. The Establishment Clause prohibits the government from creating an official or established church.

At the time of the passage of the Bill of Rights, several states had established churches, and the prohibition against the Federal interference with religion was understood to be a limitation on the Federal government, but not the power of state governments.

The fourteenth amendment establishes the Equal Protection Clause, which makes the Bill of Rights applicable to all of the states, effectively limiting the state governments.

In 1875, Representative James Blaine of Maine proposed a constitutional amendment which would specifically prohibit the use of public funds for any religious purpose. The amendment did not pass, but many states adopted similar laws which are commonly known as Blaine Amendments. Since the 1990's, repeal campaigns have been led by fundamentalist or evangelical Protestants - an irony of sorts since it was members of these same denominations who spearheaded the drive to pass the amendments originally, fearing the rising prominence of the Roman Catholic Church in the American educational apparatus.

 

Yes, that is EXACTLY what I was arguing. The love of Christ is evil. You got me. Once again, there is nothing you can't misinterpret and over-simplify. The email fits, then, doesn't it?

PS, you are a poser.

 

History and convention doesn't make something right. Throughout history, there have been many many practices that are not acceptable in modern society for good reasons.

We do. The USA was the first nation in history to separate church and state.

 

You did when you mentioned our nation having an official religious tradition or something to that effect.

I think each person can stand for whatever they want religiously, and as a nation the only thing we should stand for is their right to choose or choose no religion at all. It goes hand in hand with Jefferson's qoute.

 

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I am too stupid to understand sarcasm, giddy. Thank you for trying to reveal my ridiculousness. Unfortunately, I don't understand what "ridiculous," "revealed," and "implications" mean. I am the cipher.

Get real, you agnostic poser.

I was talking to my good friend Wilhelm last night and he told me three things:

1. "You are afflicted with the emotional plague. You are sick, very sick, Little Man. It is not your fault. But it is your responsibility to rid yourself of this sickness."

2. "You are different from the really great man in only one thing: The great man knows when and in what he is a little man. The little man does not know that he is little, and he is afraid of knowing it."

3. "What is important is not individual treatment but the prevention of mental disorders. You have locked up the crazy people, and the normal people manage this world. Who, then, is to blame for all the misery?"