5stringJeff
Senior Member
Gabriella84 said:There is a separation of church and state because the Constitution of the United States guarantees freedom of religion. That is why there is no "state" religion.
That is what always confuses me about extreme conservatives. How can they howl about the unjustness of Arabic countries forcing people to be Muslims, when they want to force everyone here to be Christians?
The world is a very diverse place. People worship God in a great variety of ways. Doesn't matter if His name is God, Buddah or Allah. The principles of Hindu, Shinto, Anglican, Morman and various other beliefs are basically the same.
Quit being narrow minded and accept the diversity of all cultures.
I'm going to take you to task on the bolded statements.
First, nobody (except maybe Jerry Falwell) wants to turn America into a Christian theocracy. That has never been anyone's intention. Had it been, it would have happened at the country's founding, when 95-97% of Americans were active churchgoers.
Second, if you really think that Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity, Mormonism, and Islam teach the same thing, you obviously have never studied those religions, or their teaching on the nature of God, the nature and origins of the universe, ethics, etc. And if they were all the same, then how would that be accepting diversity?