Antidisestablishmentarianism (churches, worship, evolution, philosophy)

[noland123]

What does Antidisestablishmentarianism mean? What was its repercussions?

[Jazzedforhim]

Originally Posted by noland123

What does Antidisestablishmentarianism mean? What are its repercussions?

I have no idea! I was hoping you were going to explain it to me!!

[eufo]

Definitions of Antidisestablishmentarianism on the Web:

Being opposed to the belief that there should no longer be an official church a the country. The word is sometimes quoted as the longest word in the English language. There is a town in Wales with a larger number of letters, but it is a place name, not a word.
Glossary of religious terms starting with the letters "Aa" to "Ao"

Antidisestablishmentarianism is a political philosophy that is opposed to the separation of church and state. The term originated in the context of the nineteenth century Church of England, where "antidisestablishmentarians" were opposed to proposals to remove its status as the state church of England. Antidisestablishmentarianism succeeded in England, but failed in Ireland and Wales, with the Church of Ireland being disestablished in 1871 and the Church in Wales in 1920. ...
Antidisestablishmentarianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[KewGee]

Goodness, I have never known what it meant, but when I was a child, I was so pleased with myself that I could say such a long word. My sister and I said it all the time and at one time, we could even spell it. I have no memory of where we ever heard the word.

[Padgett2]

This goes back to the time of the Revolutionary War. It's sort of a school yard joke.
At that time, The Church of England was the Established Church of the colonies. The Founding Fathers wanted Disestablishment, that is, no established, governmental approved church. So, then since you have those that want Disestablishment, you will have those that are Anti-Disestablishment, and those people would be called....are you ready for this?....Antidisestablishmentarians.

I remember from waaaaayy back when you got the smarty in the class to spell it.

[kawgpz550]

The only reason I know anything about the word is because my daughter was so pleased with herself that she learned the meaning and how to spell it when she was 14 or 15. She's the one that explained it to ME

[Padgett2]

this was an important thing when our constitution was writen. It has a lot to do with our aim for separation of Church and State.

In some areas, the Church of England (Anglican) was the Official Church, that is "Established." The problem was that many that came here to have religious freedom. In the area where Establishment was, the tax collector came around and collected the taxes to support the colony AND a tithe for the Church. It didn't matter how you chose to worship, you paid the Church a tithe by way of the tax collector.

Needless to say, that upset the people that came here to worship as they saw fit. Hence, the desire for separation of Church and State. Naturally there were those that thought it was a dandy way of keeping the Anglican Churches going and also send some back to the Church in England. They were the Anti folks.

[jeffncandace]

Strongly for the seperation of church and state here! So does that make me anti-antidisestablishmentarianistic?

[emjbulls]

Isn't that supposed to be the longest word in the dictionary?