See this is where there seems to be some confusion.... maybe on my end.
WHERE HAS ANYONE SUGGESTED THAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNMENT???
I see comments like this all the time when the discussion of separation of church and state comes up and they are simply off based. Until you can show me that the government is restricting your right to practice religion, then Its gonna be hard to convince me that religion should have any influence on government discussions.
The very idea that you can try to insert religious influence on the governmental process contradicts the whole point of freedom of religion in every sense of the phrase. You are free to practice any religion you want... but when you try to design a "FREE" government yet try to define it using religious parameters, then its no longer "FREE".
This is one of the major reasons the Pilgrims left England 500years ago, because the government was designed around religious practices that didn't coincide and interfered with the Pilgrim's own religious beliefs and freedoms.
This is also the reason why Iraq and Afghanistan have proven to be a huge waste of life and time. Those people over there CAN'T set up a stable government because they are too worried that the "other" religion will come into power and impart a system that will be unfair for the rest. If they could only bring themselves to keep religion at home... we would have had a complete and strong government set up in those countries YEARS AGO.
Yes this country was originally built by white Christians back when 99.9% of the population was white and Christian and it worked ok then. But now we are a melting pot of different "FREE" races and religions and if we are going to continue to subscribe to the freedoms we all enjoy, then unfortunately race and religious beliefs are rights that should be left at home... unless of course those rights are being violated.
maybe I'm wrong?? but I'd love to hear why....
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