[exmarine]

Do you think that you would approve with the Baptist Church taking some control of the government? The Unitarian? The spirit of the Constitution, in fact in any free country, religion has to be kept out of government just as government must be kept from religion. This should be the creed of any free man no matter religious or atheistic.

If the Baptist church were made the State church, who would suffer? The people! Not the State! The State is a non-entity and cannot suffer. Suffering is done by human beings. That is what I meant. The Constitution forbids a State church, but the reason for that is to protect people, not the government. In England, did the State suffer at the hand of the Church of England? No - but the pilgrims did! The way they have twisted this idea, people now believe that mentioning hte name of Jesus Christ somehow harms the State. Bull. It may offend some people, but that's too bad. There are many things much more offensive than the name of Jesus Christ in our culture to me - like "safe sex" and "gangsta rap." But, there is no right in the Constitution to not be offended!

[B. Rabbit]

If the Baptist church were made the State church, who would suffer? The people! Not the State! The State is a non-entity and cannot suffer. Suffering is done by human beings. That is what I meant. The Constitution forbids a State church, but the reason for that is to protect people, not the government. In England, did the State suffer at the hand of the Church of England? No - but the pilgrims did!

Ahhh. And I took it all wrong. If this is where you were going, I totally missed it and apologize. I agree that the State cannot suffer, and it is MY mistake for saying my statement incorrectly and missing your point totally.