Much of the Separation of church and state arguments center around the prevention of "favoring" one religion over another.
What is considered "favoring religions". If ALL religions are equally represented in public then there obviously isn't a "favoring" of any one particular religion.
Secularism itself IS a religion. The separation between church and state referred to within the constitution is about #1: protecting people of various faiths and #2: preventing another state-run religion as it was in England. (context is everything)
So it's important to argue what actually is "favoring" one religion over another in a legal context, NOT the over-the-top exclusion of people operating out of their daily decisions and convictions of which WE ALL HAVE. But that's what we're seeing today EVERYWHERE in our country!
Who doesn't operate their lives based on personal beliefs, faiths and convictions?? We all do. And there's no such thing as stopping yourself from thinking, from believing anything or having a baseline morality. No one lives, thinks or exist in a vacuum. That is why even the so-called "atheist" or secularist is himself a VERY DEEPLY RELIGIOUS person. Whether explicit or implicit, We're all operating out of deep convictions and stored faith in our beliefs. The secularist claims to have no god but neither does the Buddhist. The Catholic has their rituals but so do the "atheists" -- whether they know it or not.
I do need to mention (because this is a Christian blog) that "Atheists" don't really exist as the Bible clearly teaches that WE ALL know God exists but many suppress this truth simply because we want to hang on to our sins and not give up lordship of ourselves. So, in actuality, there are simply just some who worship (themselves) the man in the mirror.
Whether you believe in one thing or not, those beliefs will bring about behavior, actions, habits, routines, ceremonies, etc. All of this shapes our lives. You can't shut these principles off at work, at school, at play, within our every day.... They go with you wherever you go; and form all of our decisions in life. How we make decisions and how we get along with other people is determined by our faiths. How does one leave that at home?? Faith aren't just expressed in ceremonies and actions but also in word and thought.
This is why The Bible teaches us that we ALL will be judged by every WORD, THOUGHT and DEED.
All of these things comprise of who we are, what we think, what kind of citizens we'll be, etc., etc.
Yet today we continue to see the taking down of nativity scenes, crosses, 10 commandment displays, etc. Three people can't stand together in a school cafeteria to pray or pray before a football game without some government agency intruding into our simple lives, etc. How ridiculous is this?
Our public schools are attacked as soon as there's even a mention of God or Christ, etc. And how is that going to be prevented in a culture that is stated to be "75% Christian"? It's unrealistic to think that you can just shut down your thinking, your gestures, your judgments, you opinions, ...and just "keep them at home"! It's ridiculous to even suggest that people stop being who they are.
There's even a continuous battle for "In God we Trust" on our coins during a time when governments are trying to stop using cash.
Legal precedent and especially recent legal precedent does not equal to proper interpretation of the founding documents. Again, secularism is the fastest growing religion in the west, and one of the most deceptive and exclusive, and extremist religions at that.
The "Separation clause" isn't even found within the US Constitution but in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist church in the 1700's.
But in The US Constitution it states that no law will be established by the government (as was in England) for which was the reason why the settlers came to America in the first place -- to escape religious persecution. England had a state church that imposed on everyone else.
This has to be read in context, not in willful misinterpretation of secularists today.
It also states that government will not favor one religion over another AND not get in the way of people worshiping as they wished.
*** Therefore, as long as we can demonstrate that our government #1- isn't favoring one religion over another, #2- it isn't imposing they're own religion while #3- it's protecting the right of people to worship as they please,... it's all good right?.... Nope, not good enough I guess.
However, the fact that secularism is itself a religious belief system of thought and ideology, It also cannot be favored by government. Therefore, the promotion of secularism from evolutionary theories to sexual revolution IS INDEED favoring one religion over another because those tenets of secularist ideology are being taught in the public schools and promoted even by our courts today.
While many around the world continue to refute what today is called science being taught in the public schools, it's nevertheless still found in our children's textbooks.
The only way the secularist religion can grow is by successfully silencing the voices of those who they despise the most -- Christians. And the more we continue to give way the voice of their religious deception being called, "science", "morals", "freethinking", "open-mindedness", etc., the more we compromise on the Truth. This form of Christian persecution continues to be on the rise and it is very similar to the Christian persecution we see happening today in China where the government is trying to stop the spread of Christianity by trying to infiltrate it, and monitor it.
There are over 300 Chinese pastors who have declared that they will not submit to government as it tries to stamp out their faith in Christ but will continue to do so, even if it costs them their freedom and their lives.
Secularism is from Satan himself. While some try and teach that it's simply having "NO" religion, this is false, and also a lie. There's no void or vacuum when you reject Christ... you simply fall into the hands of the evil one with his lies and snares, and you'll take on either one form of religious deception or another.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."- Proverbs 14:12
We're seeing more and more how secularists are painting a picture of Christians as backwards, warmongers, hypocrites, and evil. These un biblical mis-characterizations of what it is to believe, live and die worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ reminds us of His warnings to the Church.
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." - John 15:18-19
This is coming to America... Very soon.
Are we ready?
Be ready. Seek the face of our Lord Jesus daily.
Grace and peace to the remnant.
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