Separation of Church and State...

[Skybird]

I wonder if anyone has looked up the link I gave, since you all are so busy in repeating it as if it has not been said before.

Religious discussions - as always: plenty of fun. Haven't we laughed, haven't we partied so much together, comrades...?

Check that linik and the various keywords it offers on the left side of the page. There is plenty of historic reference that put some things into perspective.


1776 Declaration of independence (US), declared separation of the 13 colonies from Britain.
1776 "E Pluribus Unum" (US), Adams, Franklin, and Jefferson submit their design to congress with the motto meaning "One from many" .
1781 Articles of Confederacy (US), first US constitution
1787 Constitution of the United States
1789 Bill of Rights, defines civil rights of the people including freedom of expression, religion and of the press
1864 "In God We Trust" approved by Congress for use on coins.
1892 'Pledge of Allegiance' adopted by congress
1954 "Under God" is added to the Pledge of Allegiance
1956 "In God We Trust", congress declares national motto

And this is my repeatedly given classic: why atheists care for religion:


You raise the same questions we have had before, so I give the same answers - do not complain, then.

Religion is a personal belief system. It is no political belief system. And so those who claim that they have The Word and want to come into politics and impose morality, are dead-wrong. You can't legislate morality, people either have it or they don't have it. And if you want to develope morality, you do that within the religious-spiritual field. The fact that we lack morality in many parts of the human race, it's an indictement of the failure by religions.