RE: Church state question
September 21, 2012 at 10:35 pm
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2012 at 11:05 pm by Polaris.)
(September 21, 2012 at 6:19 pm)tfs13 Wrote: Was discussing the issue of C&S. The other argument to me was that the intention was not to keep God out of government, just keep government out of religion. When I questioned how can you allow god in and now have government get mixed in with religion, I was told God is not religion.
Never heard this rationale before. Is this something new?
(my apologies if this is not in the right section)
In the United States, the precursor to the Separation of Church and State (the First Amendment) was to protect religious groups from a state-sponsored religion running their lives.
The Separation of Church and State, first mentioned in in the late 19th century by the Supreme Court (it had a pro-religion tone though), did not take on its current meaning of keeping religion out of government until the 1950s....ironic since this was when "under God" was added.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
