The Separation of Church and State--My Take

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If you have visited this blog before, you will have noticed that I'm quite religious and a re-born Christian.  However, I think one of the main reasons that the United States has been such a successful enterprise is that this country was based on the separation of church and state. Observe the countries in the world that are theocracies.  They seem to exist in a state of chaos and are incapable of solving their problems. The countries that seem the most violent are the ones that are theocracies.  Religion is suppose to bring peace, but it does just the opposite when it gets mixed up with politics.

Although the separation of church and state was practiced by the Soviet Union, they suppressed religion, which doesn't work either. There has to be a complete separation of religion and politics, without the suppression of either of them over the other.  Why?  Because that's what works.  The USA proves that by its history.

It's ironic how organized religion seems to instigate so much hatred when the entire purpose of religion is just the opposite--to bring peace, inner and outer.  The Republicans with all their hatred and anger towards Obama is just the opposite of the religious principles that they profess to have.

We are one nation under God, 

not one country under Christianity

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Capitalism vs. Democracy

Not Quite Yet. 

Don't let this happen.  Vote Democratic in the next election.  Get those Republicans out of The House and out of Congress so that President Obama can get something accomplished.  I think Obama is someone capable of growing and learning.  I'm sure he has learned a lot during his first term and is better equipped to handle his job now.

I think the Fran Lebowitz quote only shows that many, if not most, people consider economics more important than philosophy or their religion.  After all, communism was the state religion.  Money should not be a person's #1 priority in life.  The welfare of people is more important.  The argument can be made that money improves the welfare of people.  But, only if it is at least somewhat evenly distributed, which in the USA it doesn't seem to be.  History shows us that when the gap between the rich and the poor becomes too great, revolution occurs.  (i.e., The French Revolution, the Russian Revolution).

"To all the worryworts out there who said super PAC's were going to lead to a cabal
of billionaires secretly buying democracy. WRONG.
They are PUBLICLY buying democracy." Colbert.

President Truman in 1948
We've been all through this before.
When it's over we will come out stronger.

Religious People Aren’t Always Ethical People.

Juan Cole

The thing I most object to in Romney is that he is willing to kill people to get elected, even though he knows better. He believes in Obamacare, obviously, but says he will repeal it. He knows the score on climate change, but is going to deliver us into the scalding clutches of Big Oil. He is a walking billboard for the message that religious people aren’t always ethical people....Juan Cole

 Paul Ryan Left 1-5 million-dollar Trust Off Disclosure Forms Until He Was Vetted. Paul Ryan and his wife inherited between $1-5 million in 2010, he forgot to disclose it for two years.  Ryan considers himself a devoted Catholic.

If religious people aren't ethical maybe they don't really understand religion, since religion is mostly an ethical system.  I think that these people think they are religious but their religion is not their first priority.  Power to them is more important and more appealing.  Personally, I don't consider people genuinely religious unless religion is their number one priority.  They are only playing at religion....Gayle Alstrom


For more posts about Romney and Paul Ryan visit my other Blog "One American Mind,"
Read my post entitled "Paul Ryan vis-á-vis Ayn Rand."(to be continued)

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He's exactly right.

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