Church and state

Since a blog is my opinion, and I like to give my opinion, this one is going to probably offend somebody. Separation of church and state is an issue that gets everybody riled up, but all for the wrong reasons. The first thought that comes to mind is the removal of the Ten Commandments from courthouses. Now I understand you can’t be prejudice against another religion and if you have one you have to have them all, but for someone to stand and say that if they read the Ten Commandments someone is forcing religion on you, I mean come on you read it. People throw fits if they hear Jesus on the radio or watch some preacher on T. V. and say that they are being forced to do so, but most people fail to realize that if you don’t like it turn it off. It’s sad to me that people will surf through channels and flip through stations just to find something they don’t like and complain about it. A good example is a lady called into a Christian radio station just to tell them that quote, “There is No God.” Why would you waste your time? But that’s the attitude that people have about this issue and don’t get me started about the censorship on T.V. The fact that you can show soft-core porn in television shows and every cuss word that you can think of before 10 o’ clock is fine, just as long as you don’t say anything about faith or Jesus then the folks will get offended just seems a little hypocritical. Thomas Jefferson stated:
“ Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their "legislature" should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church and State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.”
This Quote is the main weaponry for the argument, but if you know the man he was; a church going person who had seen what religious governments can do to the people and didn’t want to see it happen again. So next time you think about this argument try putting it in reasonable perspective.