Church and state

[flja]

I don

[MorningGlory]

This sounds too much like Sha'ria law to me.......the church has no business in banking, housing or whatever and the government has no business in the church.

[Believer1997]

What is this?? I do not think this is gonna play in Peoria....

[MorningGlory]

What is this?? I do not think this is gonna play in Peoria....

I think it's some kind of proposed Constitutional amendment...but, you're right, it's not going anywhere!

[flja]

This sounds too much like Sha'ria law to me.......the church has no business in banking, housing or whatever and the government has no business in the church.

Note the wording of the amendment. It does not pertain exclusively to Christianity. Any religion would be permitted to establish religious organizations under this amendment. I used the word church simply because church and state is now synonymous for the relationship between the government and religion in general. The only thing this amendment is designed to do is clarify the legal status of religious organizations and to insure that they don

[flja]

What is this?? I do not think this is gonna play in Peoria....

Why?

[flja]

What is this?? I do not think this is gonna play in Peoria....

I think it's some kind of proposed Constitutional amendment...but, you're right, it's not going anywhere!

Why?

[Guest shiloh357]

This sounds too much like Sha'ria law to me.......the church has no business in banking, housing or whatever and the government has no business in the church.

Note the wording of the amendment. It does not pertain exclusively to Christianity. Any religion would be permitted to establish religious organizations under this amendment. I used the word church simply because church and state is now synonymous for the relationship between the government and religion in general. The only thing this amendment is designed to do is clarify the legal status of religious organizations and to insure that they don

[MorningGlory]

This sounds too much like Sha'ria law to me.......the church has no business in banking, housing or whatever and the government has no business in the church.

Furthermore, neither you, nor the government, has any business telling me or anyone else what our religion can and cannot be. Your attitude is precisely why this amendment is needed. If my religion tells me to run a bank or build someone a house, you have no legitimate authority to stop me.

And why shouldn't Christian churches be involved in things like banking and housing if they can exert a moralizing influence on commerce and society in general? Would the economy be in such a fix right now if our banks and mortgage companies hadn't been greedy to the point that they made bad loans?

Why shouldn't the church be involved in law enforcement, housing and other secular arenas? Because it's too much like Sha'ria law in muslim countries. If you think crime and greed are not perpetrated by those calling themselves Christians you must have recently relocated from Jupiter. I'm not interested in stopping you from getting this amendment added to the Constitution; you don't have the chance of a snowball in Houston of that happening. By the way, I didn't say ANYTHING about what your religion should or should not be so maybe you need to back up and rethink your ill considered statements above.

[flja]

This sounds too much like Sha'ria law to me.......the church has no business in banking, housing or whatever and the government has no business in the church.

Note the wording of the amendment. It does not pertain exclusively to Christianity. Any religion would be permitted to establish religious organizations under this amendment. I used the word church simply because church and state is now synonymous for the relationship between the government and religion in general. The only thing this amendment is designed to do is clarify the legal status of religious organizations and to insure that they don