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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    Lifepsyop: “Christians have had that freedom [to exercise faith] for 2000 years. You didn't win it in the American revolution …” Maybe you should read some religious history. Do you know anything about the persecution of Quakers in England? They were often arrested and they didn’t always come...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    John G: “The court's reasoning on the banning of prayer in schools was flawed. The first amendment of the US constitution guarantees freedom OF religion not freedom FROM religion.” I have heard the slogan, “It’s freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion,” in a Baptist church and I’m sure...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    Lifepsyop: “Evangelicals actually do believe in a liberal or progressive form of Christian nationalism.. (think Battle Hymn of the Republic) but they believe God favors the spirit of democracy and the secular framework of the United States.” Where I come from, ultraconservative southerners...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    Lifepsyop: << On one hand the modern Evangelical says "Yes, it's so sad the world is fallen, etc." and on the other hand ... >> I don’t know what a “modern Evangelical” is. Lifepsyop: << There are two faiths at work here. One is a faith in Jesus. One is a Hegelian, revolutionary faith in...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    There is a surprisingly persistent effort to get government entangled with religion. I live in Florida, so Ron DeSantis is the Governor. A couple of times a month I get an email from Governor Ron DeSantis’ Faith and Community Initiative. The headings mention his wife, First Lady Casey DeSantis...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    Kiwi: “I've heard arguments that the constitution is not as Godless as the OP might like it to be, but if it is, it is not worth defending.” I am not advocating a Godless society. Look at it this way. In the late Roman Empire, after Constantine, the writing of Origen were controversial. Bishops...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    Thanks for that example. I notice that it is several years old, so this doesn't seem to be typical. I don't know if this teacher was expressing their own antireligious views or just confused about what the policy is. In the schools I went to, the Administration was not hostile to religion...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    From D. James Kennedy Ministries, also known as Coral Ridge Ministries: << But in recent decades, this idea has been twisted into the so-called “separation of church and state,” a phrase that appears nowhere in the Constitution. >> James Kennedy/Coral Ridge Ministries is more hostile to...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    Here is example of an organization that criticizes separation of church and state, or at least the secular interpretation of it. They do say that a version of church-state separation can be found in the Bible. This is from Wallbuilders.com. This organization does offer speakers for churches and...
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    Separation of Church and State – Answering Critics

    I am taking an America perspective here, although church-state relations are important in other countries as well. Many people have criticized both the phrase “separation of church and state” and the idea behind it. I’m going to try to show that some of their most frequent claims are...
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    The Righteousness of Job

    I was taught that the Book of Job deals with a simple question that has occurred to all of us at one time or another,. Why does a good man (or woman) have to suffer?
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    Life Site News Favors a State Church

    Being pro-choice isn't as scary as promoting a state church. Westen doesn't just say that Catholics should impose a state church if they are in the majority. He says that every government has a duty to the Roman Catholic church, no matte what the people think. I'm not supporting the pro-choice...
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    Life Site News Favors a State Church

    Thanks, that is helpful. From the name you would think they are concerned almost entirely with promoting the pro-life position. Instead, Weston simply spreads the reactionary Roman Catholic view on everything. If pro-life is the goal, you won't win by alienating your allies.
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    Life Site News Favors a State Church

    LifeSiteNews was founded in Canada in 1997 by John-Henry Westen, who is now Editor in Chief. I believe that LifeSiteNews is one of the strongest voices in the pro-life movement. Correct me if I am wrong about this. “The Antichrist’s Great Lie Revealed: Freemasonary, ‘One World Religion’, and...
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    The Righteousness of Job

    Scholars believe that Job war originally composed with Job and his three friends. Elihu was added later. That is probably why Elihu escaped being rebuked along with the original three.