Do You Agree?

I was going to write a long, drawn out response but the woman above me said everything I wanted to say but much more eloquently. As far as the money thing--it is illegal to have "in god we trust" on our money. It goes against the 1st amendment of our Constitution. And I really wouldn't care if everyone had to work on "religious" holidays. I really hate that I can't run to the store on those days because everything is closed. My husband has to work them so it doesn't bother me. But then again I look at it like this: just because we have national holidays that just happen to fall on religious ones doesn't mean I have to celebrate them religiously. Our family is atheist but we still celebrate Christmas and Easter but it has nothing to do with Jesus. It is all about family and giving and sharing and carrying on traditions and those are good things. Sure we could create our own celebrations but why? We just happen to celebrate them when all the Christians do. Saves time and energy. I am very for the separation of church and state. Since not everyone in this country is Christian or religious then religion, especially Christianity, does not belong in our government. I, for one, do not like having other people's religion imposed on me.

I'm just going to go through this line by line, so I can reply to in context. The parts in quotations are from the article, the parts underneath, my responses. "So if the US government determines that it is against the law for the words 'under God' to be on our money, then, so be it." - Seperation of Church and State sound familiar? The words 'under god' were NOT originally on your money, so returning the currency to the natural state, and abiding the seperation of church and state, is the most logical course to take. "And if that same government decides that the 'Ten Commandments' are not to be used in or on a government installation, then, so be it. " - Not to be repetative, but again, seperation of church and state. If it's important to you that the school your child attends teach religious dogma, then send them to a religious based school. There's no place for christian documents in a public setting where 100 per cent of the population isn't christian. "Since we can't pray to God," - No one said you couldn't pray. Pray all you like. Since when does respecting the seperation of church and state dictate what you can and can't do in your place of worship or your home? Or is it THAT big of a problem to keep your religious activities personal, like Jesus commanded in the bible? "can't Trust in God" - No one said you can't trust in God. Why does it have to be written on currency for you to retain your trust? Is your belief that fragile that returning currency to it's ORIGINAL form will shatter your faith? " and cannot post His Commandments in Government buildings" - Sigh ... seperation of church and state. "I don't believe the Government and its employees should participate in the Easter and Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is eliminating from many facets of American life." - Then neither should christians, since Easter and Christmas are both pagan holidays. :) C'mon, you don't honestly buy this response, do you? The christian church stole holidays from paganism, indoctrined them into their own religion, and then has the gall to suggest others not celebrate these now commercialized FAMILY holidays? What does bunny rabbits and egg hunting have to do with Christ on the cross? What does the December 25th holiday have to do with your christs birth, when he was born in the SPRING? "I'd like my mail delivered on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving & Easter. After all, it's just another day." - And most of the employees forced to take work off for Good Friday would happily like to do it for you, but because christians have trouble remembering the seperation of church and state rule, they can't work on those christian holidays. You're not helping your case with this one. It only serves to prove the discrimination of the average christian in regards to the rest of society. Ah I'm not even going to bother with the rest, it all goes back to the same thing. The fact of the matter is that NO ONE is saying you or anyone else can't pray when you like, trust in God whenever you like, and worship whenever you like. You're being asked to do it in with respect to the laws of society and respect of those around you. Why should people of different denominations have to cater to a christian society, when that flies in the face of the very stance of seperating church from state? Have your beliefs, but keep them personal and where they belong, not as a general rule for the entirity of people when the entirity is not christian.

so do I. What a world , were God is forbidden. Where do we go from here. God bless you and yours, and keep on praying.

No I don't agree. I think this as gone way of course. But that's my opinion.