— By THE REV. LOU TISCIONE Why does it seem that society
requires Christians to keep what they believe to themselves? In
our so-called multi-cultural society, all have equal
opportunities to express themselves except Christians. Secular
humanists are those who have a man-centered world view. They
insist that faith is a private matter. They are quick to point
to our founders who expressed the idea that the church is
separate from the state. Those who claim that there is this
overriding principle of the separation of church and state,
silence public moral reflections. In fact, their premise is that
there are no moral standards; just as there is no absolute
truth. The only absolute is that there are no absolutes! So we
might use their standard to critique their philosophy. Since
there are no absolutes, why then can the secular humanists
impose the absence of absolutes? Let me suggest a view that is
closer to our Founders’. They, E.G. Jefferson, insisted that the
establishment of a state religion was not appropri