The church and state do need to be separated in their matters of direct action. However, when it comes to actions by the state, their actions do not be without any regard to religion. Religion defines the moral center throughout which everyone acts. As a result, in order for the state to make a properly and morally correct action, it must act through the authority of the state. Likewise, the church is under the authority of the state because every power put over the church is put their by God for a reason. Thus, trust in Him is essential for the Church, and trust in the Church is mandatory for the State. Thus, separation is relatively pointless in a perfect society.
However, I think the real question that should be posed is, which church SHOULD be involved. We know that there must be some sort of involvement as shown above. How do we know which one is the right one? Which Church should we take? The Hindu, the Muslim, the Presbyterian, the Catholic? And why should they be placed any higher than the others in what should be an equal world? Of course, we as christians know we are not placing ourselves above anyone, but we accept the inherent nature of scripture, but why should others accept it if they are Hindu? Why do we get to create the rules? So basically I'm asking: Instead of should the church and state be separated, one should ask, which church (religious group) should be the one that DOES interfere, as we have stated that one SHOULD.
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