is the church begining to lose it's basic constitutional rights?
No.
We can't do ANYTHING in public anymore!
Nothing at all, except:
Pass out tracts
Hold meetings
Worship
Protest
Evangelize
Vote
Campaign for/hold public office
Pray
Read the Bible
We can't teach christianity or talk about it at school.
Not true. Christianity is no more "banned" from public schools than pencils.
Ringo
__________________ "As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"
-- Treaty of Tripoli, 1797. Presented to Congress and signed by everyone in attendance.
"The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretence, infringed.''
-- Madison's original proposal for the Bill of Rights
"I ain't afraid of your Yahweh
I ain't afraid of your Allah
I ain't afraid of your Jesus
I'm afraid of what you do in the name of your God"
-- 'I Ain't Afraid' by The Klezmatics
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"Not true. Christianity is no more "banned" from public schools than pencils.
Ringo"
Ringo is right! I know that there is a prayer group at my school, and at schools where there haven't been formal prayer groups, a lot of students have an informal meeting place--some kids I know met up at the flagpole outside.
If you're worried about Christianity being removed from your school, maybe you could organize a prayer group or see if one already exists?
There are groups trying to take these rights away like the ACLU sometimes but ADF and other christian organizations fight them in court.
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Well there are some chatrooms and forums where you're not allowed to talk about religion. And other places where you're not allowed to talk about God.
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It sort of makes sense that there are some chatrooms and forums where religion isn't allowed. There are plenty for forums and chatrooms where religion and specifically christianity is encouraged and they are in fact there for that purpose. But crashing someone elses space and hijacking their topics to talk about something unrelated to the purpose of the place is rude. Most call it trolling, and yeah, it's not allowed.
I'm sure people here wouldn't be too chuffed if a band of scientists came here and posted in everywhich thread - prayer threads, testimony threads, etc - why creationism doesn't belong in science class. Or if a coven decided to start meeting here regularly and make posts to swap spells. It wouldn't be appropriate or polite. It would also be infringing on your freedom to have a Christian focussed online community monitored in a manner which your Christian moderators choose.
Chat rooms and forums? Christians in China are being thrown in jail for simply owning a Bible. The American church has never experienced a loss of rights like that.
And other places where you're not allowed to talk about God.
Where?
Ringo
__________________ "As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"
-- Treaty of Tripoli, 1797. Presented to Congress and signed by everyone in attendance.
"The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretence, infringed.''
-- Madison's original proposal for the Bill of Rights
"I ain't afraid of your Yahweh
I ain't afraid of your Allah
I ain't afraid of your Jesus
I'm afraid of what you do in the name of your God"
-- 'I Ain't Afraid' by The Klezmatics
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It is the bleeding National Secular Society that is spearheading the campaign of turning britain secular. even if faith is confined to private life, it will grow in numbers. Rather like a dandelion scattering its seeds (sorry about the swear word but I think some people should just let us get on with our lives and not interfere in our beliefs)
__________________ In the Armour of God, my sword of the word of god is a two handed sword. The shield of faith is on the right hand side of the crossguard. Satan will not win!
Unfortunately so many people, and sadly this does include Christians, want to uphold their own rights but they also wish to deny those same rights to others.
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