The Separation of Church and State
The elections are coming around again, the primaries in full bloom, and once again the topic of the separation of church and state has come up in magazines and conversations. There is not much patter about it, at least not as much as in the past, but it does weigh on people's thoughts. As usual, the liberals and their media want to control the definition of this idea, moving it far from its authors' intentions and hopes for our country.
Religion is part of who each of us is. This goes for the atheist as well. What we believe shapes our decisions, our ideas, our way of thinking. You cannot separate what you believe about life and how you go about it. Eventually the two merge. The idea that a person can live a portion of his or her life making decisions and acting outside the lines of what they believe is ludicrous. And this goes for a Muslim, a Jew, a Mormon, and yes, even an atheist. If a person does not believe in God, they obviously have a different moral compass than a person who does believe in God.
If I feel it is murder to kill an unborn child based on the fact that the Bible says that life begins in the blood, and science tells us that our dna contains our blood, then that is going to rightly influence my decision to ban abortions as murder. If I do not believe that an unborn child is a living person until after birth, then it will make it easier for me to kill the child and not think it wrong.
We here politicians tell us they are going to legislate based on how they feel they need to, but how they "feel" is based on what they believe about life. And what they believe about life stems from how they believe we arrived here on this planet.
It's interesting to note that the Democrats have learned this, to a degree, and are trying to assuage the fears of conservative Christians by talking about their individual faiths. But faith, or lack thereof, is so integrated into our thinking that it is a part of our normal conversation. Manufacturing sound bites to calm the fears of the people comes across as a bit antiseptic, and comical, instead of sincere. The candidates can talk now, but four years ago they were against such ideas?
You are what you believe. You act by what you believe. Any notion otherwise is foolish. The real intent behind such accusations lies in the liberal fear of control: "I want to live my life the way I want to, regardless the outcome to others, and anyone who says otherwise is trying to control me". Whatever feels good, do it.
Do you want to live promiscously and not pay the price of an unwanted pregnancy? Kill the kid and move on with your life. Do you want to use these same unwanted children to further research and help the sick? Take stem-cell tissues from the child as you kill it, and then move on. Let your lack of conscience be your guide.
The hypocrisy is not in thinking that Christians want to force others to live their way of life. The hypocrisy is thinking that liberals aren't doing that very thing, and have been for years.
Religion is part of who each of us is. This goes for the atheist as well. What we believe shapes our decisions, our ideas, our way of thinking. You cannot separate what you believe about life and how you go about it. Eventually the two merge. The idea that a person can live a portion of his or her life making decisions and acting outside the lines of what they believe is ludicrous. And this goes for a Muslim, a Jew, a Mormon, and yes, even an atheist. If a person does not believe in God, they obviously have a different moral compass than a person who does believe in God.
If I feel it is murder to kill an unborn child based on the fact that the Bible says that life begins in the blood, and science tells us that our dna contains our blood, then that is going to rightly influence my decision to ban abortions as murder. If I do not believe that an unborn child is a living person until after birth, then it will make it easier for me to kill the child and not think it wrong.
We here politicians tell us they are going to legislate based on how they feel they need to, but how they "feel" is based on what they believe about life. And what they believe about life stems from how they believe we arrived here on this planet.
It's interesting to note that the Democrats have learned this, to a degree, and are trying to assuage the fears of conservative Christians by talking about their individual faiths. But faith, or lack thereof, is so integrated into our thinking that it is a part of our normal conversation. Manufacturing sound bites to calm the fears of the people comes across as a bit antiseptic, and comical, instead of sincere. The candidates can talk now, but four years ago they were against such ideas?
You are what you believe. You act by what you believe. Any notion otherwise is foolish. The real intent behind such accusations lies in the liberal fear of control: "I want to live my life the way I want to, regardless the outcome to others, and anyone who says otherwise is trying to control me". Whatever feels good, do it.
Do you want to live promiscously and not pay the price of an unwanted pregnancy? Kill the kid and move on with your life. Do you want to use these same unwanted children to further research and help the sick? Take stem-cell tissues from the child as you kill it, and then move on. Let your lack of conscience be your guide.
The hypocrisy is not in thinking that Christians want to force others to live their way of life. The hypocrisy is thinking that liberals aren't doing that very thing, and have been for years.