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Originally Posted by marmalade  The reason Christianity didn't become the state religion of the US is not because the forefathers didn't believe they lived in a Christian nation. From what I've read, they simply couldn't agree upon which form of Christianity should be the state religion and so instead they declined giving state sanction to any group of Christians.
This created a void that had to be filled. And science was the only thing that everyone could agree upon. And as a fledgling industrial country, science was the perfect state religion. The country was fueled by idealism and so is science.
If you want to know what a society's religion is, then look to what that society rarely questions. In our society, science gets questioned less than anything else. |
Boy weren't we lucky.
I thought it was a place for the euro's to come and practice what ever form they wanted? I thought that was the major reason for sepatration of church and state? A set of rules for all people regardless of the church (or religion)you attend.
well either way, I am so glad they are seprate.