The line must stay

"A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion." Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Engel v. Vitale, (1962)


As mentioned earlier, i feel that the seperation of Church and State is slowly diminishing. I completely and fully agree with this quote. Actually i now thing this is the main topic i am trying to achieve in this blog site. That government and religion should never unionize. No matter what religion, it has absolutely no place in the hands of government. If religion is used to determine government, it would destory the entire concept of DEMOCRACY. you can not have democracy with religion. Im sorry but it will always lead to a sense of Theocracy if you allow religion. I do think religion needs to be thought as a seperate entity, not a part of American society. People also need to stop judging others just because they are or they are not religious people. Looking at this quote, it can easly be argued that it destorys government, because it doesnt not allow policy makers to think for themselves, but to be persuaded by religious views. It would degrade religion because it can unfairly choose certain religions as being more superior. and it would just point out certain hypocracies.

Does it matter?

Barack Obama is one of the main contending candidates the Democrats have. I am a registered democrat, but i do not think he will have my vote in the primaries. Although his appearence and background does not bother me, i worry that less educated, people, primarely in the South will not see that. I think that those people will only see a half-black man, but they will see his middle name, Hussain. A Muslim resembled name. Unfortunate as it is, im afraid people might connect that name and his color tone and see him as not a good option for President and will vote for any one else, especially a white, no matter how many not benificial programs that person might offer. I think its sad to say that, but i do think many people in our country are not educated enough to make these decisions on their own. They will rely on the media. If Obama is the Democratic canidate, its a good chance the Republicans will use these things in commercials against him. They will also target those points at the less educated, and geniusly pick timeslots and stations that that demographic will be more likely to watch. Hopefully though if he is, people will be smart enough to go to his site or make up there own minds about him.

http://www.barakobama.com

Aftermath of sex scandals

Although, many were not aware of the scandals among the public, it was well known throughout the higherarchy of the church. The Church paid out much to cover up this huge scandal. However, i think money can only do so much, and the molested individuals needed to emotionally heal. The Los Angeles county allowed a lapse of time to come forward of incidences. over 500,000 came forward. Thats more than a scandal, that a major problem! Although much money was dispersed, a few dioceses had to declare bankrupcy. These scandals made it very had to rely on crediability of those who sponsor or support the catholic church. For instance, those non prosecuting prosecutors, sat back and did nothing, which should be taken as a crime in itself. Again, if it was not for the media in all of this, the scandals would never have been so crushing to the church, and so many would still be suffering.

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Sex Scandals 101

The Catholic Sex scandals have been a big topic in class. I found it very fascinating to find out how the sex scandals were really handled. How can cops just looks the other way? I am astonished to find out that prosecuters were so intimidated to ever prosecute these priests. Its actually distgusiting the THOUSANDS of people molested by people they were suppose to be able to go to above all next to actual spirits (i.e. God). The media played out the sex scandals very well. It started to publicize all of the accounts that Priest had done. With out the media the priests still would have gotten away with it.

Banned Cartoon by Mormons

This cartoon aparently has been banned by the Mormon church. It is suppose to be explaining the religious beliefs of the Mormons. However, it does nothing but make people think its a joke! This cartoon is made as if it was in the 70s and has no respect for the religion. But it does create the sense that Mormonism is a fraud. But doesnt it make you wonder what if more cartoons were made like this to uncover the fraudualism in other religions? If religion is full of so much hypocracy than no wonder it is the main cause of so much destruction, it confuses its own followers!

Sorry God, but stay out of my school

"A Congress that allows God to be banned from our schools while our schools can teach about cults, Hitler and even devil worship is wrong, out of touch, and needs some common sense." Rep. James Traficant, (D-OH) 1999-APR-27

I completely and fully disagree with this quote. Why shouldnt God be banned from schools? Teaching about things like Hitler, is HISTORY, thats not teaching devil woship! Hitler a modern history figure, whether he did stuff good or bad, he still greatly influenced the world, and needs to be taught. But GOD? There is no proof, no direct evidence of any thing. How can you teach in school about something that is not prooven after the age of enlightenment and science has urged to rely on evidence for truth and what to teach. If we were to allow teaching God and other religions in public schools, and public schools are funded and a part of government (in a sense) , it would basically destroy the line that seperated church and state. This could be the demise of our whole political system

Seperation of church & state really gone?

In this clip, Bill Maher, discusses with Craig Ferguson, and two others, about Mormonism and its crediablity. They are in this topic in response to Mitt Romney. Craig said something very interesting, he said isnt it there a seperation of church. And Bill Maher said, not any more! it made me think....Is the seperation of church and state really gone? Sometimes i really think so. There is so much concentration on religion in policy making that i think the line that seperates is diminishing. Its actually kind of scary thinking that religion is basically controlling how the goverment works. Major issues are being affected such as abortion, gay rights, seperation issues (like pray in school), etc. all becaue people are becomming fanatical and resulting to different religions for everything. But is the seperation of church and state really gone? or was it never there? Im also considering the fact that maybe the seperation was never really taken seriously. People think that this country was founded on religion and christianity, yet no one realize the founding fathers saw the hypocracy in religion, and thats why there is an emphasis on seperation. However, i dont think the diminishing line is all that new. I think is been around since even the early 1900s, with laws like prohibition and not legalizing abortion. yet all this was overturned, the people who brought religion into politics isnt new.

The clip shows them discussing Mormanism, and how Bill Maher says all religions are ridiculus. But Mormanism is alot harder to believe. and there are ways to discredit it, so why should we trust Mormans and their beliefs?