There's a difference in having another organization exert direct control and someone's personal morals - which could stem from their personal religion, influence affairs of state.Pandora said:Okay..... then should I say in practical application this country has never had seperation of church and state? Just because the founding fathers were wise enough to write that little detail in doesn't mean the country have ever actually followed it.
I would spin it as more people used to be independent and wanted to think for themselves. They had a government, but it was as barebones as they thought they could get away with so it would stay out of their business. Now people want someone else to do all their work/thinking for them, be it the government or the church.Pandora said:Okay..... then should I say in practical application this country has never had seperation of church and state? Just because the founding fathers were wise enough to write that little detail in doesn't mean the country have ever actually followed it.
Or someone who had nothing else to do because they forgot all their passwords thought they could outsmart someone else because they forgot the historical context of the quote.zengirl said:Well, until someone got bored, needed a little attention and decided that they could feel smart by pointing out a flaw in the system and making a big deal over something that shouldn't really matter in the first place.
People have gotten lazy, and are becoming slaves to the government or the church, or both.theacoustician said:Now people want someone else to do all their work/thinking for them, be it the government or the church.
taeric said:Hmm.... I think what most of you are getting at is we have seperation of church and state, just not of religion and state. A church does not a religion make.
Hey, my government teacher was hot, you'd have a hard time paying attention tootheacoustician said:Or someone who had nothing else to do because they forgot all their passwords thought they could outsmart someone else because they forgot the historical context of the quote.
Exactofuckinlutelytaeric said:Hmm.... I think what most of you are getting at is we have seperation of church and state, just not of religion and state. A church does not a religion make.
You missed some good times during the Crusades thenSarcasmo said:Theocracies are VERY dangerous. Every single example in history has failed utterly to protect and uphold its citizens.
I never had any hot teachers in schoolzengirl said:Hey, my government teacher was hot, you'd have a hard time paying attention too
ChikkenNoodul said:You missed some good times during the Crusades then
*sigh* good times....
He was fresh out of college and ended up marrying a student right after she graduated... we all felt that we had a chancetheacoustician said:I never had any hot teachers in school
Drool-Boy said:NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!1
thrawn said:
i coughed and choked on beer
SpangeMonkee said:hehe. I would've choked on my beer if I had one. *sigh*
Galen said:I think the majority of the electorate should have thought about this before they swept a bible nut and his cronies to power twice.