I don't mean to be harsh Eagan, so do not take what I say in an unintended way. I simply have respect for truth and so I speak it when conversation touches areas in which I am well-studied. I faithfully stay quiet and humble when conversation touches areas in which I know little or nothing.

The true meaning of the phrase "The Separation of Church and State" is exactly the opposite of the manner in which you're interpreting it. In other words:

If you knew what it really meant, you would not have used it in the context in which you did because you're perfectly contradicting yourself.

...And this is a sign of the times—that is—the ignorance in which people use these fundamental phrases which should be well understood. This is why we lose freedoms to opressive governments:

Misinformation leads to misunderstanding leads to misapplication of law.

It has a name. It's called:

Democratic rule by an ignorant majority.

The fact is, you're doing precisely the same thing in your expression of the separation clause as you are with evolution... exactly. Here is an example:

I am educated in electronics. If somone said to me, "You can remove all the resistors from a radio and it will make your batteries last longer," I would immediately know how ridiculous this is. Nevertheless, your statements about the Bible, The Separation of Church and State, and previously, evolution are no less ridiculous.

- Just as corrupt research has lead most people to believe that amalgam fillings are safe,

- Just as corrupt information has lead most people to believe that NutraSweet is harmless,

Many have come to take at face value the concept of evolution, the separation clause, and—the most slandered book ever written—the Bible, without ever studying these things for themselves.

When people simply repeat what they hear from the mob without verifying it for themselves, they become participants in misinformation, and thereby directly or indirectly, they harm others.

Study.