“The Philosophy of the school room in one generation….. will be the Philosophy of the Government in the next.”, Abraham Lincoln once said. The education system we have now is only getting worse. Students should go to school to succeed in life; we are failing at it. There are many schools founded on the beliefs of the Christian religion. In the year 1802, Thomas Jefferson, acting as the President, required schools to use the Bible and the Watts Hymnal in their classrooms (An Outline History). Although many people say God should not be allowed in school, there are reasons why people should be allowed to worship God during school hours. When the Mayflower Compact was made it said “Having undertaken for the glory of God and the advancement of
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In 1781, Congress approved the purchase of Bibles to be used in schools (An Outline History). To become a state they had to meet certain requirements. One of the requirements for the governments of new territories the Northwest Ordinance outlines that in Article 3: Directs the people of the territories to establish schools “to teach religion, morality, and knowledge.” Nearly every state admitted to the Union, they all used the Bible as the bases for their teachings. In 1890, the Supreme Court stated that America “is a religious people….. this is a Christian nation.” (An Outline History). Going back that far and the government being founded on the Christian religion to now, in just a small amount of time, the government has stranded so far from the based principle that this nation was founded on. When the Bill of Rights was written, one of the rights was the freedom of religion. In this country we have over used the word freedom. The freedom of religion was the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution which states that we have the right to practice the religion that we choose and will not get judged. The Countries founders had different religious backgrounds, so they decided the best way to protect religious liberty was to keep the government out of religion (Religious
In 1781, Congress approved the purchase of Bibles to be used in schools (An Outline History). To become a state they had to meet certain requirements. One of the requirements for the governments of new territories the Northwest Ordinance outlines that in Article 3: Directs the people of the territories to establish schools “to teach religion, morality, and knowledge.” Nearly every state admitted to the Union, they all used the Bible as the bases for their teachings. In 1890, the Supreme Court stated that America “is a religious people….. this is a Christian nation.” (An Outline History). Going back that far and the government being founded on the Christian religion to now, in just a small amount of time, the government has stranded so far from the based principle that this nation was founded on. When the Bill of Rights was written, one of the rights was the freedom of religion. In this country we have over used the word freedom. The freedom of religion was the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution which states that we have the right to practice the religion that we choose and will not get judged. The Countries founders had different religious backgrounds, so they decided the best way to protect religious liberty was to keep the government out of religion (Religious