Church & State: Point & Counterpoint

                                       

Yo. 1) Most Christ-believers in the U.S. cry for separation of Church and State, including a video maker who recently called Church/State unification idiotic and bad.  2) I sympathize with his concern that such systematic religion might crush individual personalities. 3) Also, his concern about the danger of it leading to a One World Government or New World Order. 4) Many worry that integration could allow governments to prohibit certain religions or 5) coerce everyone to believe and practice certain things. So, separation is allegedly crucial for religious freedom. 6) It's said that separation of Church and State is a fundamental principle of modern democracy.  

Now this is not just a black and white issue. There are various grey areas.  That is, degrees of separation and integration instead of all or nothing. Response to point 1: But ALL Atheists want complete separation of Church and State. This puts great suspicion on the position of Church/State separation. And I certainly don't want to align myself with Atheists.  Response to point 2: The only known groups to crush unique personalities are cults, which I would outlaw. And many who tout the importance of the individual have wanted Church/State integration. I'm a maverick and so would never want anything to hamper my individuality. 

Response to point 3:   I am a Nationalist. That's someone who ALWAYS opposes any doings with any other country, let alone some monstrous one world government.  And many of us Nationalist separatists, such as Professor D Cajus Fabricus, have concluded that integration of Church and State is vital for a country's optimal functioning, and that complete separation would be disastrous.  That is, we would then be too divided and so be in danger of being absorbed into a New World Order. 

Response to point 4: We have too much freedom of religion. Under our separation of Church and State we have the huge Mormon and Jehovah's Witness cults which fight against mainstream Christianity.  We've had the suicide cults of Heaven's Gate, and the People's Temple, which led to the Jonestown massacre. We've had the Branch Davidians, which led to many children being burned alive.  We have Scientology, which enslaves people physically and financially. We had the 764 cult of sadistic Satanists, we have after school Satan clubs, and many more.  

Response to point 5: How in the world could a government force everyone to believe the same thing? Show me an example of that happening. As far as forcing practice inside private homes, this is foreign to Church history. So, point 5 is another misguided complaint. Response to point 6: I contend that democracy is actually bad. See my video on Democracy. Some other reasons to oppose Church/State integration are clearly bias by the nonreligious to do away with religion altogether. 

Under our current Church and State separation level, our crime rates: murder, rape, robbery, etc., homeless rates, drug addiction rates, divorce rates, broken homes rates, etc. are much greater than numerous countries with far less churchgoers and/or those who profess faith. So apparently, churches are failing to have a righteous impact on society due to lack of influence on state laws. 

And for Christendom's first two hundred plus years, believers were persecuted so severely that Christianity was in danger of being wiped off the face of planet Earth. But in AD 312 Roman emperor Constantine reportedly saw a divine sign in the sky, consisting of a huge fiery cross alongside the words In hoc signo vinces, meaning "By this sign conquer." That and a dream that night about Christ led him to convert to Christianity. Therefore, he decriminalized Christian practice and protected believers with military might, under which they flourished. So, churches today owe their existence to a high degree of integration of Church and State.