Can you perhaps relate to me, other than persuasion, what authority Religion possesses absent the authority of the State?
Clearly the authority of a State religion is one of the founding principles of our nation.
Religion, and Christianity specifically, purports no authority for acceptance.
Defining authority is the question.
I can't tell you how many people I know that grew up in a bible believing, bible banging home that have fled THAT AUTHORITY.
There comes a time in which thoughtful individuals find for themselves the true nature of life.
Once that is found, there is only God.
Well, actually we have only two choices:
God created everything we know
or
We, on this planet were seeded by aliens.
A “State” religion? Clearly? This nation? Sources, please. Original, if you can . . . not someone’s “interpretation” fifty years after the fact.
I asked you to state what authority Religion possesses, other than persuasion, absent the authority of the State. So far you’ve proven incapable of an unambiguous response.