Separation of church and state does not mean we are an atheist nation, plain and simple.
no, it means we have a government that stays out of it.
Show me were in any of the constitution, or Decrlaration of Independence that we cannot use bilical principals, or anyother form of morals to make up who and what we are.
it's that pesky first amendment that lets us, actually. the whole idea of the government not being to legislate religion is that we can choose any religion we want. it's the religious freedom provided for in the first amendment that allows fundamentalist christianity, roman catholicism, lds, hinduism, buddhism, satanism, atheism, and scientology. what makes you think that if the government were to legislate religion, it would be YOUR religion? we protect freedoms universally, not just for specific groups. your freedom to pratice your religion relies on everyone else having the very same freedom, which means the government has to stay out of it all together.
Show me were it says we are to use only atheistic moral, or morals governed by science to determine or laws?
because legislating the morality of a specific religion violates the first amendment because it is in effect enforcing the rules of a specific religion over another. our laws in this country have to have a secular purpose. see the lemon test:
quote:
1. The government's action must have a legitimate secular purpose;
2. The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion; and
3. The government's action must not result in an "excessive entanglement" of the government and religion.
Lemon v. Kurtzman - Wikipedia
I should start a new nation, and the first ammendment will read, a separation of science and state. Especially since nothing in science is proven.
riverrat, you were participating on this board reasonably for a while. why the sudden lapse into irate fundamentalist nonsense? you know the difference between science and religion, i'm sure.