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With the concepts of how Politics can influence Religion, why is it preferred that the two should not interact.
 * __ Religion and Politics __**
 * __Theme__**

Religion is thought to be the guidance and faith of a person in which they are grouped by. It creates arts, knowledge, but more or less conflicts between the ideas of that belief to the concept of others. But when fuel by the aspects of Politics the indifference seems to increase and conflicts breaks out even in a country that law is said not to favor one religion over the other. As this challenges the outcome of Politics interaction with Religion and even in the public environment that Religion should not be intervene in.
 * __Introduction__**

__Source__ Cauthen, Kenneth. Church and State at the Inauguration. //Baptist Freedom.// June 21, 2001. Print
 * __Christianity vs. State__**

In the history of Presidents in the United States they all have been Christians in which at former President George W. Bush Inauguration they had prayed in the name of Jesus Christ.

//"We pray this prayer in the name of the Father, and of the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."//

A prayer given in a public ceremony that promotes the religion of Christianity. Offensive to some as it discriminate the other religions there, when it favored the love of Jesus Christ. Offending the most important leaders of some religion leaders who were attending the public ceremony, causing a problem as it was a violation of Church and State at an official state occasion.

If you were to pray to at this occasion you would pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Not in the name of Muhammad or any other deciphers of other religions such as in Judaism and Buddhism but if you were to pray the idea of Atheists religions that don’t have a god or even pray wouldn’t be included. Given that this is the reason why the two should not interact as it exclude other religion and cause such commotions like lawsuits and editors that address the conflict and soon to increase the problem.


 * __Buddhism__**

__Source__ // Buddhism and Politics by Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda Maha Thera //, // Buddhist Study and Practice Group, // “The victor breeds hatred, the defeated lives in misery. He who renounces both victory and defeat is happy and peaceful.” – Creator of Buddhism Prince Siddharth

Buddhism is a form of nonviolence and spiritual enlightenment in which one can achieve. The quote speaks of non-violence and peace as a universal message. It is believe that Buddhist is the main religion that should not be integrated with the process of Politics, as these two are completely two standards. Religion is morality, faith, and purity while politics is mainly power in which Buddhist are not suppose to capture because it’s not apart of their culture.

Having politics combine with a Buddhist is completely far from what Buddhism is about. Separating themselves from worldly materials that can demine their souls is their life choice. To which the combination from the two will result in another mean of matter as they search for power, using it for their own personal advantage in the political campaigns.

__Source__ The educational goal of fostering "love of the homeland and loyalty to the State and to the Jewish people," Ministry of Education in Israel
 * __Israel – Religion Nation__**

A socially sensitive and political issue that is found in this Religious Political Nation to which the goal is to keep their people the same and loyal for the power it can give. “A teacher offering an opinion in either direction may face dismissal, on the grounds of deviation from the educational goals specified in the State Education Law”

Anyone offering some form of knowledge that’s not approved by the Nation can be demised because they are trying to change the minds of the young while trying to force change. Kind of a method of communist in which they have no right to the kind of choices they would like to make a form of freedom of speech that is not given here.

The idea of Politics and Religion is just a bunch of mischief. As when it combines together the mischief exceed its limit as did in the past. A religious nation focusing mainly on their-own ideas no knowledge of the outside world can cause many inconvenient problems such as war because of the intolerance they could have toward surrounding religions around them such as the past have shown. But if when interact with politics that it defies the true meaning of the religion the idea of Politics and Religion is changed just for the conquest of power.
 * __Reflection__**

But as the world goes on is the main religion’s relation with a nation. Such as Christianity with the United States that at the inauguration it focuses mainly on the religion of Christianity in a public ceremony, the prayer in which excluded all the other Religion. But why does the ceremony have to include a prayer maybe without it and just an agreement contact that that everyone may be included especially ones that doesn’t pray like Atheists who can finally feel like they are included in this country that tries to prefer that kind of action.

With the laws that are passed to that of like Church and State it have been seen that there’s always a back door to which Religion can always be included in Politics.
 * __Knowledge Acquired__**

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." · The Lemon Test – Neutral toward religions · The Endorsement Test – A law is unconstitutional if it favors one religion over the other. · The Coercion Test – A law is constitutional even if it accommodates a religion. Religions are not to relate to Politics such as the public educational system. But even with these laws there are back doors to which religions can be taught into when in a public area. They would open up their own schools or get their ligature into not public by just full filling the required arrangement needed to be ledge able to do what ever they want.

So as a Buddhist that’s in a public school I feel very uncomfortable when in certain area and time a Jehovah Witness would come to me in a public area and try to convert me to their religion. Five a.m. in the morning or a building when they want to me to join their cult an army for power preferring that they would not try to change who I am not being a voice of this country. That anything can happen in today’s world that the commotion it cause might result in something much bigger.