The only real problem with separating church and state in democratic nations like the United States is that since churches receive tax exempt status just for being churches, the government cannot make any money off of them. Separating the two is a good thing because no religion should have control over a democracy, or should even have a place in a representative government.
Some puritans did advocate for a degree of separation of church and state, believing that the church should have its own authority independent of the state. However, many puritans also believed in a close relationship between church and state, with the state supporting and enforcing the religious beliefs of the church.
Atheism..... i think.
Yes, Thomas Hooker believed in religious freedom. He was a Puritan minister who advocated for the separation of church and state and the freedom to worship according to one's conscience. Hooker's beliefs greatly influenced the development of religious tolerance in the American colonies.
The government should remain secular to ensure separation of church and state.
OpinionSome see separation of church and state as only nominal, and hope that a future president will enact laws and regulations, and appoint judges, so as to further the interests of one group over those of another, perhaps even regardless of constitutional restrictions and legal precedents. There has never been a genuine separation of church and state. The fallacy that there is a separation was done in a clandestine attempt to shield the political and religious leaders from social upheavals. The church has always created beliefs to keep their followers loyal to the state. The state in turn has always propagated the church. Most of the laws in the country are determined by the scriptural morality of the church.
False. Jefferson wrote extensively about the separation of church and state. He was an ardent supporter of a secular democracy.
No. There is a separation of church and state in the United States. This is on purpose in the constitution. Our founders had lived under a state mandated religion and made sure that we had a secular democracy and the freedom of religion.
No I am not in favor of separation of church and state
the seperation of church and state --- nova-net beotch :)
No there was a state church.
The government at this time was actually supporting the church financially is some cases. They were very seperated, but not as much as in years to come.
Yes. He felt that the Constitution required a strict separation of church and state.
The goverment doesn't encourage religious practice because we have a separation of church and state and a secular democracy.
man who determined to build a colony that practiced separation of church and state
the words separation of church and state never appear in the constitution......
Some puritans did advocate for a degree of separation of church and state, believing that the church should have its own authority independent of the state. However, many puritans also believed in a close relationship between church and state, with the state supporting and enforcing the religious beliefs of the church.
No, separation of church and state.