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:::::::Yah yah yah, we know all that. Now let's examine, momentarily, what "separation of church and state" actually means.
:::::::Yah yah yah, we know all that. Now let's examine, momentarily, what "separation of church and state" actually means.
:::::::It was the church, not the government, that provided meals for the elderly for hundreds of years. It was the church that provided mental health services and other social services for hundreds of years. Yes, after more than a millennium, the institutions of the church became corrupt, largely due to its coercive means and habits to fleece people out of their money to support its charitable programs, as well as a corrupt bureaucracy at the top. Separation of church and state means separation of civil administration from charitable social work. What became the church's corrupt means to coerce funding for its bureaucracy and social spending? Threats and superstitions.
:::::::It was the church, not the government, that provided meals for the elderly for hundreds of years. It was the church that provided mental health services and other social services for hundreds of years. Yes, after more than a millennia, the institutions of the church became corrupt, largely due to its coercive means and habits to fleece people out of their money to support its charitable programs, as well as a corrupt bureaucracy at the top. Separation of church and state means separation of civil administration from charitable social work. What became the church's corrupt means to coerce funding for its bureaucracy and social spending? Threats and superstitions.
:::::::So while criticism of the ''Ancien Regime'' as being corrupt and coercive may be or are valid, that is not necessarily a green light for the state to pick up the charitable or "[[social contract]]" functions originally deemed the purview of the church. That is what the "separation" or "free exercise" is supposed to mean. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]</sup> 06:50, February 18, 2022 (EST)
:::::::So while criticism of the ''Ancien Regime'' as being corrupt and coercive may be or are valid, that is not necessarily a green light for the state to pick up the charitable or "[[social contract]]" functions originally deemed the purview of the church. That is what the "separation" or "free exercise" is supposed to mean. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]</sup> 06:50, February 18, 2022 (EST)