Let's imagine for a second that our country had no type of religious connections to it....how would America be? Would it be the same, or would some things about our country be totally different. The real answer to this can never be really known, but I believe that honestly, many things about our country would be different. For instance, the total judicial system would be conducted differently. Right now, when someone takes the stand in a court, they have to put their hand on the bible and make a pledge stating that they are not lying on the stand. If our government was totally separated from all religious affiliations, this section of the court proceedings would not have occured. Not only that, but also many of the reasons for the rulings would not exist. As of now, most of the decisions are indirectly related to the bible, such as the rule "eye for an eye" which is often the justification behind the death penalty.
Not only would things be changed in the court system, but also in legal documents. Many of the documents that the government has written up has the word "God" mentioned in it several times. If this didn't exist, how do you think our country would be? Would it be as free as it is today? Would people in our country live their lives the same? How different would all of our lives be?
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I don't believe church and state are seperate. Often times when social aspects in politics like abortion, gay marraige/ adoption, death penalty, etc. are being argued, religion is a point used to justify an opinion. In my opinion they justify close minded and a restricted opinions, ones restricted by their religious beliefs. Examples like saying the pledge of allegiance, or as said before putting your hand on the bible in court, or public officials using their religious beliefs as a drawing point in elections lead me to believe that church and state are not seperate and never will be.
Thank you for your comment Robert Marley. I can see many of your points of how religion is usually the reason for many peoples positions on many issues that arise today.
I do not believe that is possible for the church and state to be seperated. Like vilese11 said in "What would our country be like," there are government documents with "God" in them. For example the Pledge of Allegiance. I believe that it is more practical to not use religion in documents written today than to change old documents. By changing documents of the past the govenment is changing history.
Well said.
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