The Separation of Church and State

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This has been defied in the fact that if a senator or the like runs for office: they damn well better be Christian... cause we'll take a stupid Christian (see Bush?) ANY DAY over a brilliant atheist or agnostic.

That was the thing which the Congress foresaw, and their intent was to possibly avoid such a thing. Great work guys... o.o

Please explain how voting for certain people constitutes the government compelling people to conform to a particular religion. Is the government trying to force people to be Christians? I don't think so. That would be against the constitution. In any event, I would not want it (the constitution) any other way. Trying to force people to be Christians is counterproductive in my view because those who are forced probably do not believe anyway. Furthermore, even I see the danger in making laws that force people into a certain religion because the relative numbers might change and I wouldn't want to be forced into some religion. For me, that goes back to treating others as I would want to be treated.

Oh my magnificent Dotard... Did you truly create this part of the universe?



But seriously, have you *NOT* noticed the appalling lack of muslims, jews, atheists, agnostics, etc. in our government? Mirror that with 'separation of church and state', and note just how many of them are religious christians. It's ridiculous.