will the religious right try for a theocracy within the next 4 years?

Answer 1

I think the better question is if the secular left will try to eliminate all opposition to their ways of thinking and try to eliminate all religious influences... Oh, wait. They are already trying to do that!

P.S. There is no freedom from religion, nor is there the "right" not to be offended!

Answer 2

No, I think what the "Religious right" are looking for is a time not too long ago where it was ok to be christian - they were in the massive majority and they didn't have to think about what faiths other people were. Hence, nobody (at least not an organized group) minded seeing the ten commandments in a courtroom, or saying the pledge of allegiance in a classroom - the majority was cool with it and the minority didn't make a stink about it.

Fast forward to today. Now it seems to be much more important to observe and appease the minority, which is admittedly much closer to the majority than it once was. Thus, blindly doing what feels right to the religious right faces stiff opposition and a stricter (and some would say overreaching) interpretation of the 1st ammendment, which allows for the free and open practice of any religion, not the religious sterility of the government.

To restate, I don't think the religious right is looking for a theocracy - they're looking for the re-instatement of the way things used to be done. I think a compromise is in order - one that allows for freedom of religious expression; banning prayer in school is not right, but a faculty member leading a mandatory prayer is going to far in today's political climate.

Answer 3

Really, do you expect any nation to fall under theocracy again. The Muslins are factioned, the Jewish are struggling, and the Catholics are losing impetus because of scandals. The Hindus are seperated more by language (nearly 1,000 dialects) and the Buddhists while more cohesive are disinterested. We had a theocracy in Tibet and the country stagnated because the secular head was inadequate as an administrator of temporal affairs.We still have the Baptists, and while a rowdy lot, are not likely to attract many followers and there are too many sects in the Protestant religion to have any agreement. In the US with the diversity of religion, who could lead a theocracy? The answer is a firm NO.

Answer 4

NO. You need to look up the word Theocracy. We live in a Democratically Elected Republic. Now, if you mean will "religious" people elect a government which follows the tenants of a particular faith then ... why do you care? You like living in a free Country and you got to vote ... right?

Answer 5

No, why would they want that?
The religious right just want a moral compass put back in place.

They want their rights to pray in school back.
They want their rights to put a symbol of Christ where they want it.
They want their rights to be a Christian left alone.

Is there a problem with that?

Wolfdude,
There is no such thing as separation of Church and State. It is not written in the Constitution. It is written in the Jefferson papers though.
Freedom of religion that you speak defined the Church as Separate from the Government, meaning they could not use the Government to enforce the Churches rules as it was once done in England.
Anyone who has read any History would have known that.

Answer 6

No, of course not silly puppy. As a card carrying member of the Christian Right and also a charter member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy I assure you that is not on the agenda. We just want government to quit sanctioning evil and quit using tax dollars to pay for it.

We are waiting on Christ to return. He will establish His kingdom on Earth for a thousand years. Just so we can see how life was supposed to be here. He will run the perfect form of government, a Benevolent Dictatorship. Man is incapable of pulling this off but nothing is impossible with God.

Answer 7

No. Do not be ridiclous. That is like Pat Robertson saying that if Democrats win the next election, they will publically execture all Chrisitans that do not swear allegience to the prostitute of the antichrist, also know as the whore of bablyon, also known as ilary Clinton.

Both are ridiclious and without merit.

Answer 8

There is a little thing known as separation of church and state that forbids it. I think they will probably have some influence on the government, but there won't be theocracy.

Answer 9

They may try and continue to try over time but it will not take hold without a change in the US Constitution and amendment of the Bill of Rights. Very unlikely that this will ever happen in the U.S.

Answer 10

No. With the looming Republican losses, they have about shot their wad.

What is likely to happen is that the religious moderates (who make up the vast majority of religious in the US) will start to assert themselves again--refusing to let extremists speak for them anymore.