ARE WE TAKING OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS FOR GRANTED? - Stanley R Rader - June 1979

Stanley R Rader

Is the age-old struggle to preserve religious freedom now at an end in this nuclear age? Is separation of church and state a closed matter? Do the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution absolutely assure our religious freedom in this modern age? Or did the Founding Fathers only create a climate whereby each succeeding American generation could take up the gauntlet and fight to preserve the 'great principle of freedom of religion? Never at any time in history has the world been enveloped by freedom of religion. There has always been an ongoing struggle to first obtain and then preserve individual freedom 'of worship. Of course, threats to religious liberty have been' many times greater in some periods of history than others. Now another time of great trial is upon us. In many ways the dangers and problems we now face are far greater and infinitely more complex than the perils which confronted our ancestors. But let us first summarize the historical struggle between church and state - between freedom of choice and dictated worship. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library