Quote from Gregg Hodgson, NWTimes, USA:
"A theocracy is only safe for the winner's religion. A democracy should be safe for everyone's. That's why nobody's faith -- not mine, not yours -- can be allowed to gain official standing in any democracy."
Agreed?
2006-09-08 03:48:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's the basis of our Constitution. There's a difference though between legislating tenants of society that happen to be commended by persons of faith and legislating faith. The flipside of that coin is that legislating tenants of society that are diametrically opposed to the convictions of persons of faith over time creates a society that despises and persecutes persons of faith. There has to be a healthy balance in the creation of our laws. I think we've done a pretty good job here in the US. No one group has everything they want, but all groups are able to live here reasonably peacefully and practice what they believe....whatever that might be. Of course, all groups will continue to lobby for what they perceive to be the ideal, but it should continue to be a tug of war with middle ground...win some lose some. Otherwise we are either no longer a society that practices freedom of religion or else we become a theocracy.
2006-09-08 04:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know enough about politics yet to make a big statement on it.
But a Christian government is best. Our country America was founded that way, yet it continues to decline into atheism. I say Christian democracy until it is disproven!
If ever disproven, the best religion takes it's place untill disproven.
An atheist democracy cannot control man's need for power perfectly, look at our government.
The right to bear arms and freedom of religion.
Wasn't a crazy guy thinking that he was Jesus killed in his home by US troops along with the FAMILY because he had guns and a wacko belief?
I saw the video, have you?
And what about property taxes? try to own a home and self sustain it, you can't, you MUST earn money just to own a house to pay the unlawful taxes.
We are slowly losing our freedoms and atheism has a small part in it.
2006-09-09 00:08:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that a representative democracy is better than a theocracy. However, I most certainly disagree that representative democracies get rid of religious influence in government. That's just a load of BS, we can all see that political parties, especially conservative ones, are significantly affected and biased by religion.
2006-09-08 10:51:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you have a good question.
As I read my bible, and I am a believer, so I am very careful about what I answer, for I am still learning.
Somewhere in Genesis, God was the leader of men, hands on.
Men having free will asked God if they could have a human leader or a king.
God let them do what they wanted to, being a just and caring God, and wanting his creatures to excercise,free will.
Like everything else, without the leadership of God, man fouled it up. But, guess what man still has free will.
Until man accepts the leadership directly of a loving God.
Stay tuned for more foul ups, comig to a neighborhood near you, soon.
2006-09-08 11:02:16 · answer #4 · answered by theodore r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree. This country's (U.S.A.) republic form of limited democracy was founded by Christians. If it remained so, it would be an earthly government run by Christians who are in turn under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. So therefore it would be a theocracy. And considering that God rules over the earth, and all powers and principalities are under his command, I would argue that it is impossible to have a true democracy. What we really have is a true rebellion from God's rule. (reference the fall of Adam)
2006-09-08 10:57:36 · answer #5 · answered by careerslacker 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I agree absolutely with Mr. Hodgson. The founders knew what they were doing. The best way to protect everyone's freedom of conscience is separation of church and state.
2006-09-08 10:56:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed! Hurrah for Gregg Hodgson, altough I never actually read anything that he wrote or said besides this.
2006-09-08 10:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by Filipe F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely true. Witness Iran. Witness pre-invasion Iraq. Witness Syria. Witness Saudi Arabia. Witness Communist Russia (Atheism, is, after all, a 'faith' since it 'believes' what cannot be proven). Witness Nazi Germany.
America is quickly becoming the equivalent of all of these, the only difference is the faith. Whereas Europe has for the most part healed itself from the inquisition and the crusades --- America is starting them all over again.
2006-09-08 10:52:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Sounds like you are describing Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Yemen, and coming to a country near you, Sudan, Somalia, and getting closer to home, Western Europe.
Peace!
2006-09-08 10:54:46 · answer #9 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely.
2006-09-08 10:51:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋