Learning about and discussing different religions is always interesting to me. I was raised non-religious; although my family celebrates Christmas, I've never gone to church and my parents have never talked to me about religion. Both of them were raised Cathlotic but decided not to have religion play a role in the lives of their kids.
I think that the seperation of church and state is important. We live in a free country and everyone should be free to have their own beliefs, therefore religion shouldn't dictate how the government is run. I do believe that religion plays an important role in society as it does help create a sense of community and like the book says in the "Behind the Headlines" feature, it can help children have better self-control and social skills. The government shouldn't control religion and religion shouldn't control the government. Because religious people make up the various levels within the government, it is obviously going to have some influence on their decisions and such but I think that church and state should remain as seperate as possible because religion is a huge source of conflict.
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