“You cannot separate church and state when the state is your church”

Many people have sought the separation of church and state, but to some people (statists) the state is their church.
     
“HOW DO YOU SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE WHEN THE STATE IS YOUR CHURCH?” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Statism Is Slavery on July 17, 2015.
   
“You can’t separate church and state when the state is your church” was posted on X/Twitter by Erik Stubbs on October 8, 2019. “You cannot separate church and state when the state is your church” (shown on an image) was posted on X/Twitter by Rothmus 🏴 on February 20, 2024.
   
         
Wikipedia: Separation of church and state
The separation of church and state is a philosophical and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the state. Conceptually, the term refers to the creation of a secular state (with or without legally explicit church-state separation) and to disestablishment, the changing of an existing, formal relationship between the church and the state. Although the concept is older, the exact phrase “separation of church and state” is derived from “wall of separation between church and state”, a term coined by Thomas Jefferson. The concept was promoted by Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke.
 
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Statism Is Slavery
July 17, 2015 at 11:19 PM ·
How do you separate church and state, when the state is your church?
H/T The Liberty Principle: No Consent from the Governed https://www.facebook.com/noconsent2gov
~MS
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HOW DO YOU SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE
WHEN THE STATE IS YOUR CHURCH?
   
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cpt roberto
@nilla__wafa
how do you separate church and state when the state is your church?
1:17 AM · Jul 21, 2015
         
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a proper gander ͡° ͡° (we deploribus, unum)
@thxUSA
How do you separate church and state, when the state is your church?
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HOW DO YOU SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE
WHEN THE STATE IS YOUR CHURCH?
9:09 AM · Jan 3, 2016
 
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The Heartbreak Kid
@fraley_12
“How can you separate church and state when the state is your church?” The same blind love Jesus gets is the same love the government gets
10:35 PM · Sep 12, 2016
 
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Erik Stubbs
@erikrstubbs
You can’t separate church and state when the state is your church
4:43 PM · Oct 8, 2019
 
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ThinkB4Learning
@Thinkb4Learning
“How do you separate church and state when the state is your church?”
10:13 PM · Apr 12, 2022
     
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RefRobby
@falsestartrs
Hard to separate church and state when the state is your church.
11:25 AM · Jun 30, 2022
   
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RefRobby
@falsestartrs
Can’t separate church and state when the state is your church. 🙄
9:26 AM · Jul 6, 2022
   
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The Abiding Ken 🇺🇲 🍊
@KenAbides
If I had opened fire as a Marine under those same circumstances, I would count myself incredibly fortunate to avoid the death penalty.
I do understand why you feel as you do. You can’t separate church and state when the State is your Church.
9:32 AM · Jan 7, 2023
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Donald E Beane Jr
@DonaldEBeaneJr
You can’t separate church and state when the state is your church.
9:00 AM · Apr 7, 2023
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Abstract Creations by Tom
@ModernArtTB
You can’t separate church and state when the state is your church
10:46 PM · May 11, 2023
   
X/Twitter
Donald E Beane Jr
@DonaldEBeaneJr
Can’t separate church and state when the state is your church.
8:42 AM · Jun 18, 2023
 
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Samson Strength
@strength_samson
Can’t separate church and state when The State is your church
4:03 AM · Jan 5, 2024
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Rothmus 🏴
@Rothmus
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You cannot separate church and state
when the state is your church
2:22 PM · Feb 20, 2024