Keep Your God

In your heart, in your home, and in your church.

Your beliefs are not mine. Our beliefs may not be like anyone else’s.

I don’t want your God or mine in our government, or in our schools, or using public resources; religions do not pay taxes, and even if they did, the constitution prohibits it. Your God or mine has no place on public property, using public money or acting officially for non-believers, or acting exclusively in official ceremonies conducting religious utterances that impose upon and compel others out of politeness stand quietly conscripted appearing to respect our beliefs.

I don’t want your God in my home, not on my mind, not mandated or made official, not with any of my money or using government resources.

Follow your religion, speak out courageously and use your resources and those of your church.

Don’t use my money, our government, our property, our schools, or my appearance falsely portraying it as my consent to foist your beliefs on anyone else.

Stop using history, celebrity beliefs or numbers of followers to try to compel anyone else to believe as you do.  Try using principles, concepts and good works.

Stop seeking official recognition for your beliefs.

Stay out of government meetings, out of taxpayer funded school, and off public property; and stop trying to use our public resources to market your religion.

If your beliefs are good and useful, those wishing to believe as you do will come to your door.  You should not go to theirs.

Use your and your churches tax-exempt resources to put your religious beliefs into the contest of ideas. You don’t need the cloak of official recognition or the popularity of politicians or celebrities; unless your religion is weak and has little merit, or needs to apologize for something, and you are trying to force your beliefs upon others.

If it has merit, willing followers will find it.