The Myth Called Separation
By Rob Hood (07/26/05)
For quite some time now, there has been an ever growing belief instigated by members of the left and the media elite that there is a clause called the "Separation of Church and State" in the constitution, but there is not. That is simply a myth brought about by left wingers to pursue their personal political goals of removing God not only from government offices, but from anywhere in public.
This whole thing began with Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists in Danbury, Connecticut that simply stated that a national religion could not be established by the government. For example, Christianity could not be established by the government and be forced to be the only religion. Never has the constitution said anything about separation of church and state at all.
Since the state, or the government that is, cannot establish a national religion, this does not mean that a particular member or individual within the government has to give up his or her religious conviction. Religious conviction is what most Christian and non-Christian people for that matter go by for decision making on tough issues.
What we are seeing today is the ACLU and the ADL and other extreme left wing groups trying to convince people of the fact that the church should stay out of the business of the state on all matter and that the church and people of faith has no business being in government offices. If they feel that way, then maybe it should be the state who should stay out of the church business in stead!
The reason that churches today are son involved in election processes and governmental affairs to start with is that groups like the ACLU and Michael Moore's MoveOn.org organizations are threatening the values that true conservative evangelical Christians hold dear.
Look at what is going on - mostly initiated by the ACLU:
1) Children are forbidden to read from the Bible or pray publicly in school - especially in the name of Jesus while it's fine to praise Allah and other religious figures - just not Jesus.
2) Christmas has become a battle zone in the public square. Stores are scared of being sued by the ACLU for putting up something that actually says "Christmas" on it. Instead hey use the politically correct "Happy Holidays". The next time one of them has a birthday, I'll send them a card that says happy holiday. Someone might be offended because they did not have a birthday on this day. They done it to Jesus, why can't we do it to them? It was hilarious to see people outside the ACLU headquarters last Christmas singing carols to the president there.
3) The Boy Scouts of America is under constant fire from the ACLU to change their policy on homosexuality. Do they not have a voice to say who they want in their club? Are they not free to choose who they want as leaders? They want to set a good example for young boys who can be easily influenced and do not need to be influenced by homosexual leaders. The parents and the staff do not want that negative influence on the children because some are not old enough to really understand it all. Yet, the ACLU keeps looking for left wing judges that might have a sympathetic ear for their goals.
4) The ACLU is constantly trying to remove the Ten Commandments from everywhere. They are removing God from the United States in increments. First it will be remove him from the courthouse, then from the school house, then from the workplace, then from public property including books and magazine ads, then from the front lawn of your yard, then everywhere including your home. Their goal is to silence the word of God. All of this is done, as I have said, in the name of separation of church and state. It is clear they have a personal agenda to wipe out God's presence in public.
5) Outlandish claims from the ACLU and from MoveOn.org want to remove guns from citizens as well. Not only do they want God removed from your life, but also want to limit you in your defense of their agenda. They use every excuse and trick in the book to fool people into believing that they are the good guys when their own founder was openly communist. So what does that say?
6) This country would be speaking German if the media was as notoriously left wing in the era of WWII as they are today. The ACLU wants to protect terrorists who want to cut your throat, rape your women, and cut off your head at every chance they can get. They do this in the name of civil rights. Civil rights is great and wonderful, but not to the point that it protects our enemies more than it protects its own people.
All of these arguments are bitter and very controversial and I realize that some of the audience reading this is not Christian and may disagree with what I had to say but it had to be said. There is a stopping point somewhere and we can only push God so far, until he starts pushing back. If we keep on this path it will only lead to destruction and disaster. We cannot afford to let left wing groups take control of the church, much less the state.
REFERENCES
www.stoptheaclu.org
www.family.org
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