Atheists, why fear theocracy if its is democratically elected?

Question

Yes, theocracy believes in democracy.

Answer 1

I fear ANY democracy. That's why I'm proud to be an American. We are a representative republic. This system of government was designed to prevent the majority from oppressing the minority. It's been fairly well hijacked and yet it continues, for the most part, to work.

Democracy has proven not to work for large nations. Anything larger than a citystate really and it just falls apart.

Answer 2

Theocracy leads to the tyranny of the majority and inevitably leads to the reduction of human rights and the imposition of religious law on people who do not adhere to that religion. The only protection against this is the separation of church and state enshrined in the 1st amendment.

It seems fine for you now that Christianity is the most dominant religion in the US. However, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. If the trend continues, in 20 years, Europe will be a region with more Muslims than any other religion.

This country is also having an upsurge in Islam, and when it becomes the majority, would you still think that the religion of the majority should be allowed to dictate what the legal limitations are on women, marriage, and employment?

Answer 3

Religious ideology is less able to be altered by the people, for reasons so obvious that a true politician would understand why the two aren't completely compadible, and in this country as I understand it, partial democracy is just not acceptable. Religion is devout over a law already written and our democracy wrote its own law: the Constitution. Say what they will about the patriotism of others, those in office who would be asked to choose between the law of their God and the law of the Constitution must admit that they would have no choice but to be unconstitutional, and that unpatriotic act is expressedly forbidden by the agreement the country is founded upon.

I am not afraid of religious men in office at all. I am afraid because I sense that for all of the patriotic rhetoric, those highly religious individuals who wish strongly to carry out God's will in office know that they would change the constitution in a heartbeat to please him. I think that idea would make poor, ill old Ben Franklin regret being carried in tears to sign the piece of paper less than 300 years ago. The man's bones were infected. He couldn't walk. It meant that much to him.

You can't honestly tell me as a religious individual that you would uphold the Constitution against God, and that has to mean that while you're in office, you're a Government official foremost.

Answer 4

Whose theocracy, cupcake. Oh, yours, right? Under our current system, you have the right to believe what you wish and laws tend to protect that right (though in this country Christianity has a distinct control advantage, particularly on the local level). In a theocracy, the laws and governmental actions would be designed to promulgate that religion and subjugate other people of other faiths. How would you like to be in a theocracy controlled by a religion (or belief system) other than yours?

Answer 5

The best governments do not bend to the will of the majority. The balance the needs of the majority with the rights of the individual. A theocracy will not do that.

Answer 6

Democracy is simply majority rule and the majority is often in error, sometimes very grievous error. Hitler was elected. George W. Bush was elected twice. Iran's loony holocaust denying president was elected. But more than that, democratically elected regimes based on superstitious nonsense and falsehood will in fact do what all regimes end up doing, i.e abusing power for the sake of greed. the Catholic Inquisitors didn't kill to preserve the faith. They killed to seize the property and wealth of Muslims, Jews and Christians for their own use. There is not one instance in all of human history where the combination of religion and government didn't end in subversion of both to evil. Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this earth." I think Christians in particular should stop trying to make Jesus a liar in this regard.

Answer 7

May be it is for the same reason U.S. Christian fear Iranian presidents who was elected democratically and also may be for the same reason U.S. and Israel fear Hamas(Islamic organization won the election in Palestine) and call them terrorists organization . So also theists fear democratically elected theocracy of different believe.

Answer 8

If the US becomes a theocracy, the Constitution goes right down the toilet. Christian 'Dominionists' (Reconstructionalists, Theonomists) have largely usurped the local level political apparatus of the Republican Party, and are engaged in a sub rosa process to politically motivate moderate Christians under the false cover of religious issues such as morality and family values, under cover of front organizations like the Christian Coalition, the American Family Association and the Promise Keepers. The goal is nothing less than the takeover of all elective offices in the USA.

Their doctrine comes from the Bible, starting with the term 'dominion' at Genesis 1:28... “And God said unto them, [Adam and Eve] Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have DOMINION… over every living thing.” They interpret DOMINION as: “... a supremacy in determining and directing the actions of others or in governing politically, socially, or personally.”

They want to remake the USA as a theocracy... and they are succeeding.

Its most common form, Dominionism, represents one of the most extreme forms of Fundamentalist Christianity thought. Its followers, called Dominionists, are attempting to convert the laws of United States so that they match those of the Hebrew Scriptures. They intend to achieve this by using the freedom of religion in the US to train a generation of children via home-schooling and in private Christian religious schools. See: JESUS CAMP http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/jesuscamp/trailer/ Later, their graduates will be charged with the responsibility of creating a new Bible-based political, religious and social order. One of the first tasks of this order will be to eliminate religious choice and freedom. Their eventual goal is to achieve the "Kingdom of God" in which much of the world is converted to Christianity. They feel that the power of God's word will bring about this conversion. No armed force or insurrection will be needed; in fact, they believe that there will be little opposition to their plan. People will willingly accept it. All that needs to be done is to properly explain it to them.

All religious organizations, congregations etc. other than strictly Fundamentalist Christianity would be suppressed. Nonconforming Evangelical, main line and liberal Christian religious institutions would no longer be allowed to hold services, organize, proselytize, etc. Society would revert to the laws and punishments of the Hebrew Scriptures. Any person who advocated or practiced other religious beliefs outside of their home would be tried for idolatry and executed. Blasphemy, adultery and homosexual behavior would be criminalized; those found guilty would also be executed. There are two conservative Christian pastors in Texas who have advocated the execution of all Wiccans. Ralph Reed, the executive director of the conservative public policy group the Christian Coalition has criticized Reconstructionism as "an authoritarian ideology that threatens the most basic civil liberties of a free and democratic society."

By failing to openly confront this insidious agenda, we have sown the seeds of our own destruction, while these religious wing-nuts are paving the way to Armageddon with gleeful anticipation.

"Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder." ~ Arnold Toynbee

http://www.religioustolerance.org/reconstr.htm
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/HistoryOfReconstructionMovement.html
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/Clarkson_RiseOfDomionism.html

Answer 9

Lemme rephrase that for you...

Atheists, why fear having your rights stomped on if it's something that's decided by majority vote in a land where the voters are 80% Christian and 90% theists of some sort?

I do hope that makes things a bit more clear.

Answer 10

in case you mean elected to any post, the answer is definite. in case you merely mean heads of authorities or heads of state, i'm no longer completely particular. although, the concept we ought to continuously be careful of atheists coming to ability because of Stalin and Mao is as rational as declaring "we ought to continuously look out for Roman Catholics operating for workplace because merely look at Hitler." In my u . s ., we've had many Roman Catholic best Ministers and no man or woman that i comprehend of felt threatened contained in the least by that.