The State Cannot Be Separated from Religion

By: Thomas Raskin. The original text is titled “State Cannot Separate From Church.” Translated into Indonesian by Ameyuri Ringo Support Ringo by considering becoming his Patron. Classical liberalism advocated, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, a “wall of separation” between church and state. In his defense of religious toleration, John Locke argued that this separation protected society from the “coercive power” of individuals who would try to i…