Zone1 People Cheer For Removing Christianity From America

[Woodznutz]

sure it is, you believe or you do not, there is not middle ground

no religion is a 50/50

in or out, that is your choice, it's not supposed to be part time in a sense

Note that even Paul struggled with sin even long after 'he saw the light'. Sincere belief and confession lead to repentance, but neither repentance nor conversion happen overnight. Getting dunked is a public statement of belief and a commitment to repent, but it's just the beginning.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

SC finally figured out what separation of church and state meant

They just found out the clause kept the Feds from interfering with churches while allowing state govts. to be sectarians to their heart's content?

That's good news. In many states it was the local churches who were responsible for the education systems around the state, and were granted state funds and taxing powers to do so.

 

[egp320i]

They just found out the clause kept the Feds from interfering with churches while allowing state govts. to be sectarians to their heart's content?

That's good news. In many states it was the local churches who were responsible for the education systems around the state, and were granted state funds and taxing powers to do so.

Don't recall reading that, sounds good? when it about religion I just stay neutral, don't really want to
know about all the money exchanges between who, why and where really but it's plenty

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Don't recall reading that, sounds good? when it about religion I just stay neutral, don't really want to
know about all the money exchanges between who, why and where really but it's plenty

Massachusetts was the last state to dis-establish its state sect, in 1834. Demographic changes did it, not the Supreme Court ruling anything on it. It was meant to protect Christian sects from any Federal interference, and also to head off a Federalist campaign to set up the Anglican Church as a national religion.. Naturally the other colonies objected, hence Jefferson's letters to the Danbury Baptists. No other religions were large enough to matter and thus it wasn't necessary to name them,.

Current education systems deliberately leave out the churches' roles in education in the Founders' era; commies don't like for 'students' to know real American history. They need to lie and distort the intent of the 1st Amendment and most of the others as well. For example, note how this Wiki article deliberately omits any references to the church's role in the early states' education and public schools.

History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You would never know there was such a thing as a state having an established sect, such is the heavy censorship left wingers need to sell their scumbaggery.



States with Established Religious Sects in Early America

When the United States was founded, all 13 original states had some form of an established church, though the dominant denominations varied by region restore-christian-america.org.

Anglican (Church of England) Established States

• Virginia – Anglican Church was the official religion from 1617 until 1830, when state support ended restore-christian-america.org.
• Maryland – Founded partly to provide religious freedom for Catholics, but later established the Episcopal Church as the official faith firstamendment.mtsu.edu.
• North Carolina – Anglican Church was the established church until disestablishment restore-christian-america.org.
• South Carolina – Anglican Church was the established religion until 1778, when the state constitution abolished it Constituting America.
• Georgia – Anglican Church was the established church until disestablishment firstamendment.mtsu.edu.

Congregational Established States

• Massachusetts – Puritan Congregational Church was the established religion until the early 19th century firstamendment.mtsu.edu+1.
• Connecticut – Congregational Church was the established denomination until the early 1800s firstamendment.mtsu.edu+1.
• New Hampshire – Congregational Church held official status until the 1800s firstamendment.mtsu.edu+1.

Other Notable Cases

• New York – Initially under Dutch Reformed dominance, then Anglican under British rule, but later became a pluralistic state without a single established church History of Christianity.
• Rhode Island – No established church; founded as a haven for religious freedom History of Christianity.
• New Jersey – No established church; known for religious pluralism History of Christianity.
• Pennsylvania – Founded by Quakers, but no official establishment; Quakers dominated early public life History of Christianity.
• Delaware – No established church; diverse Christian and non-Christian communities History of Christianity.

Key Points

• Established churches often received tax support and sometimes required oaths of adherence to the dominant faith firstamendment.mtsu.edu.
• Many states disestablished their official churches between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, influenced by the First Amendment’s establishment clause and growing calls for religious liberty firstamendment.mtsu.edu+1.
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• The shift reflected both political change (e.g., post-Revolution) and social change (e.g., religious diversity, dissenting groups like Baptists and Quakers).

In summary, the Anglican Church was the official religion in five of the original states (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia), while the Congregational Church was established in three (Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire). The remaining states either had no official church or had other dominant denominations before disestablishment.

• Many states disestablished their official churches between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, influenced by the First Amendment’s establishment clause and growing calls for religious liberty firstamendment.mtsu.edu+1.

Not quite true; the SC had no authority to make any rulings on it. Immigration was the catalyst for change; they simply began to outnumber the sectarians, is all.

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

My high school in the 1980s offered a religion class. Usually Catholic kids elected to take it. A school bus would take them to the Catholic Church and then back to school a couple days a week.

It never bothered anyone.

Because it was an elective.