Religion

Re: Religion


It comes from hundreds, if no thousands, of years of experience watching various religions corrupt the basic principles of government.

The government (of the US) is supposed to be a tool for serving the people, not the other way around. The government provides services, including laws which stabilize the society, based on the charter of conduct (the US Constitution in the case of the United States).

In the case of th US, the Constitution is the ultimate law, providing for equality and liberty for all people regardless of religion. Since religions (especially religious organizations) are designed to impose moral and behaviorial restrictions, they are particularly dangerous when mixed with the power structure of a government. This has been demonstrated many times in history and was recognized by the US founding fathers (along with anyone else who wasn't blind as a bat), so they specifically forbade the combination of religion and government. Probably the single most valuable decision in human history. Had there been hoards of lesbians subverting governments for hundreds of years, I'm sure they would have addressed that issue as well, but there simply wasn't any other institution with as big a set of teeth as the church, so they got the attention.

Make sense?

Here's just one good reason why:

If any particular religion was officially part of the government of the country, then enemies of that religion (however the religion defined them) would, by definition, also be enemies of the state.

I think Rosborne has given a very good explanation.

And by definition, any religion is "discriminatory' by its very nature. Any special group that controls government will use their power to influence laws and favoritism. It's the nature of the beast.