In America we are so diverse and we have a lot of different religions to choose from as well as some people who don’t believe in anything at all. I was raised in the church and have a deep relationship with God. State administrators are not permitted to encourage or discourage religion. Some people may find your beliefs offensive because it is not the same belief they have. Certain issues are more sensitive than others and the topic of religion is one of them.
Using the scripture to make political arguments is trashy and unfair. As a Speech and Debate acc. veteran, I’ve had personal experience with religiously inclined ‘support’. As a non-Christian, I felt disadvantaged and nervous to make a comeback because I didn’t want to offend anyone. But hey, before I go off on a nostalgic rant, let me back up.
Although religious values and morals don’t guide and rule countries anymore it is not to be said that they haven’t given countries a foundation for their laws and core values. An appropriate example of this is the United States of America many of their laws are based on the Ten Commandments of the bible, thou shall not kill thou shall be nice to your neighbor, though shall treat others the way you want to be treated and thou shall not steal. These are important examples of legislation and social conduct in American society. America is also a good example of religion still being used in core values and practices. One is the pledge of allegiance which says “under god” this shows America’s devotion to god.
George Washington, for example, is not known to have taken communion, and one bishop who knew him was confident he was not a believer. Jefferson's scissored-down New Testament is well known. In the realm of what Meacham calls "public religion" the founding fathers thus assiduously avoided any sectarian bias. They strongly protected the right of every citizen to freely exercise "private faith," or no faith at all, as each individual conscience saw fit. Such was the paradox between political liberty and religious faith: "Many, if not most, believed; but none
They requested the use of their bible and prayers in the public schools and were denied. Children were forced to become more Protestant if they were to be educated But historical forces changed education. Today religion is still an issue is the public schools, with respect to the pledge of allegiance and the teaching of evolution in the
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. John and Mary are having an impasse with prayer in schools. The First Amendment protects both the believers and non-believers by being neutral about belief. Children and adolescences have the right to choose to pray voluntarily. “The Supreme Court has ruled that students are allowed to organize, voluntarily, religious clubs -- which can include prayer and Bible study—at public schools, just as they might any other kind of club (Mosser, 2010, pa. 2.3)” Yes, we should keep religion and school separate, but the children has the choosing to do it voluntary.
In Article 10, it states, “No one shall be disquieted on account of his opinions, including his religious views, provided their manifestation does not disturb the public order established by law.” However, Martin Luther and John Wycliffe were excommunicated for their religious views. Martin Luther and John Wycliffe questioned the Catholic churches beliefs such as people paying for their pentanence and whether people must communicate with God through priest. Martin Luther raised a question that why the church services was written in Latin only. Latin was a language studied by the upper class only and lower class people did not understand Latin that forced them to listen to the pope. Martin Luther in On Christian Freedom wrote, “For Holy Scripture makes no distinction between them, except that those who are now boastfully called popes, bishops, and lords….” He said that Pope or bishop are no different than other people.
The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power is called religion. Religion played a huge role in the pre-modern era. Different types of religion and beliefs changed the way they lived as a society bases. The Paleolithic Hunter and Gatherers, Neolithic Farmers, Agrarian Civilizations, and Axial Religions were people of different groups who lived in the pre-modern era that also had different views in religion. Societies and beliefs were changed but they always united people as one.
“Religion has held center stage in the political arena for the past decade. Religious commitments and beliefs have been discussed, dissected, and challenged. Despite the attention to religion, Americans’ beliefs and behavior have shifted surprisingly little.” (New Strategist Publications, Inc., 2011) The beliefs of people whether in a position of power currently or past or having never served, dramatically changes depending on life circumstances confronted and many other thought altering situations. The intrusion of religion in public schools across the country is met by different detractors for many times different reasons depending on the state and the religious forces behind the measure. In today’s society a variety of religions should be taught in schools.
Thus, not only are the Christian religious right in the United States and the global al Qaeda Muslims called fundamentalist, but so too are local parent groups who want restrictions placed on Internet access in local schools. Groups that want their religion practiced purely are called fundamentalist, as are groups pushing for an overhaul of the national or global political system who are at best culturally connected to a religion. So what is fundamentalism? Perhaps more so than many other concepts, fun- damentalism is a contextual phenomenon. As noted in the introduction of this review, many scholars think fundamentalism cannot be understood apart from modernity nor exist outside of modernity.