God v The Government: The Showdown

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American History

 

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Lala M

 

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October 28, 2014

 

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University

 

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The concept of separation of church and state is never explicitly claimed in any Founding document, rather it stems from the ideology of John Locke. Furthermore, it is later addressed in an 1802 letter by Thomas Jefferson written to the Danbury Baptists stating: "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, That the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation Between Church & State...
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Why then do many find it necessary to interject religion into the government? Our ancestors, the "first" settlers of this country came here to escape religious persecution. Often in past European societies, churches were pawns used by governments to scare citizens, gather damaging information and advance government ideologies...
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