SEPARATION OF CHURCH-STATE?

March 28, 2005

Well, it’s going to be interesting to see how we can compare the two Democratic Senators from Massachussetts, the two Catholics, and the two JFK’s. An interesting scenario.

Back when the first JFK ran for president, it was an entirely different country. Abortion was not a major campaign hot issue. Stem cell research wasn’t heard of. And the pre-born rights of a fetus was just not talked about; however, last week we got a glimpse of things to come.

JFK took time out to hustle back to the hill to vote on a bill that would have given rights to the unborn. He voted against it- for the pro-aborts, and with a minority of Senators. All of this in a season when the Pope has called upon the Bishops to “get tough” on politicians who claim to embrace Catholicism, while voting against human life issues.

Can you imagine JFK being denied communion? It could happen.

When JFK was asked about it he said he didn’t see a problem because church and state are separate. Well, duh! But doesn’t the value of that church one espouses have something to do with how one votes? Doesn’t one’s spiritual beliefs have some impact on one’s life. Can they be two totally separate entities?

Oh, right, we’re talking JFK here. Maybe the two don’t have anything to do qith anything!

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Daily Commentary

SEPARATION OF CHURCH-STATE?

July 1, 2004

There are a lot of things that America doesn’t have a grasp on: we’re not a perfect nation by a long shot. However, there is an area that I believe our founding fathers nailed perfectly: separation of church and state.

Many on the religious right would like to set up a religious state while many on the left would like to do away with religion altogether: except for their “religion of non-belief” of course. Our nation was set up so that a person could CHOOSE how and what they decided to believe and give their lives to. In other words, our nation chose to be an OPEN system (yesterday’s commentary).

The problem we’re having in Afghanistan and now Iraq is that we’re trying to impose OUR system on one that’s just the opposite- theirs. Muslims believe there is NO separation of church and state because CHURCH is to dictate to STATE! CHURCH is to run STATE. Remember the Taleban? For almost 1,400 years the Muslim custom and life-style has been SHARIA. Sharia is God’s law over man’s law.

Islam does not buy the American system. Democracy is not what the Koran advocates. And if you thought that was bad (and it is), where do you think this concept is headed? Can you say “towards wiping out all other religions”? Can you say, “Islam is at war with Christianity”? For political purposes we say it’s a “war against terrorism”, when in reality it’s a war against the CLOSED SYSTEM of Islam, known as Sharia!

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Daily Commentary