george washington said separation of church and state.
george washington said separation of church and state.
separation of church and state who said it?
george washington
the christian right believes that separation of church and state is not explicit in the american constitution, believing instead that such separation is a creation of what it claims are activist judges in the judicial system. in the united states, the christian right often supports their claims by asserting that the country was "founded by christians as a christian nation." members of the christian right take the position that the establishment clause bars the federal government from establishing or sponsoring a state church (e.g., the church of england), but does not prevent the government from acknowledging religion. the christian right points out that the term "separation of church and state" is derived from a letter written by thomas jefferson, not from the constitution itself. furthermore, the alliance defense fund takes the view that the concept of "separation of church and state" has been used by the american civil liberties union and its allies to inhibit public acknowledgment of christianity and restrict the religious freedoms of christians.
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notwithstanding that kc quek had stated that the bp church at its founding took the scriptural position of separation, daniel chua argues that the "original constitution" of the bp church dating back to 1959 and 1971 says "nothing specific" about biblical separation. jeffrey khoo, writing in the true life weekly of 4 november 2018, says chua's thinking is simplistic; and he then goes on to say that notwithstanding the absence of article 6 "principle and practice of biblical separation" as found in the present constitution of certain bp churches (but absent in the mount carmel group of bp churches), there are specific statements that speak of or allude to separation as defined by the bp church's confession, history and ethos before going on to illustrate. khoo sees in chua saying that the doctrine of separation has become "our achilles' heel when certain strong-minded personalities in the us, international council of christian churches (iccc) and here in singapore extend the separation stand to a wider and wider range of issues and causes," that he (chua) "wants a weak and regressive separation" and "thinks separation should stand still in time and make no headway as though there are no new heresies and falsehoods (or "fake news") to contend with." according to khoo, "chua is either naïve or does not get what biblical separation is all about" as his view "is not separation redux but separation reduced."
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