Should Religion be Kept in the Private Sector?

You are not opposed to religion per se, but you feel that creationists should keep thier views out of public schools.

So what if the first amendment doesn't really tell us to keep church and state separate? That it's original intent was just the opposite, to keep the government from interfering with religion? (see my earlier post).   Religion is divisive and controversial and should be kept out of the public sector, you woud argue.

What is religion then?

Timothy Keller, author of Reason for God and hailed as the C.S. Lewis of the 21st century, reasons that religion is a set of beliefs that explain what life is all about, who we are, and the most important things that human beings should spend their time doing. Thus any worldview, whether it is atheism, relativism (the belief that everyone must find his own truth) , or Christianity is a religion.

For example, say you are not a member of a formal religion. Instead, you believe that each member of society must find what is true for himself, and not impose his views on others. Is that not a moral view of the world? Just like my moral view it is my responsibility to tell as many people as possible about the saving  grace of Jesus Christ? Therefore it is impossible to enter the public sphere and leave your morality behind. And it is not fair to judge one's worldview to be 'religious' and another ones 'irreligious'. Atheism and relativism are a way of looking at the world just like Christianity is.

So it is not fair to ask me to leave my morality behind and submit to the authority that says that our kids cannot learn that God created the universe. I find stifling and downright abusive to deprive our kids of that exploring that possibility.