Do Christians want to turn the U.S. into a Christian theocracy?

Answer 1

since the beginnings of the United State was Christians looking for religious freedom, then they could have refused to let all other believer into the country. but on the other hand the united states welcomed people of other beliefs, and founded the country on freedom of religion, no matter what that religion might be.

Answer 2

Count Acumen,
I think that there are some misguided ones that do, this one does NOT!

All one has to do is look at history with the Roman Catholic Church being the "State Church" And you will see that the way they treated people was atrocious. Outwardly evil.

Until Jesus comes back, I hope that we will NOT see a Christian Government.

After He comes back, He will certainly take over, but until then, no Theocracy.

You can also look at the Muslim governments. They can't wait to kill people for things that they misinterpret the Jewish Torah with in order to kill Gay people. They have no concept of the condemning nature the Law of Moses has on ALL of us. They have no recognition of who Jesus REALLY was: The atonement of ALL our transgressions from that Law.

And so they kill people, and kill people, to this day. Theocracies are a way to get the worst kind of evil in seats of power. As Paul wrote, we battle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, evil rulers in HIGH PLACES.

We are blessed to have this USA (where I am at), and that ithas a separation between church and state is really a good idea. But it did not originally mean against prayers, wherever, and the things that other people popualrly think it means. It really means that a government will stay out of the personal beliefs of individuals like the persecutions that the Roman Catholic Church had, and the Anglican Church had as relationship with the governments.

Answer 3

I'm a christian and I think this country should make it very easy for someone to practice Christianity without the law interrupting, and this country should uphold certain moral standards, like don't murder(born or not) things of that nature. No I don't think that Christianity should be forced on anyone by law. That is against "individual soul liberty", a foundational christian doctrine. We should be free to tell others about our religion, and free to slam the door in a Christians face if you choose.

God Bless

Jett B

Answer 4

What I find interesting about most of the Religious Q&A's is that Christians are lumped into one big group of people all having the same ideas.

There are so many different "faiths" within all of the people professing to be Christian. Most of those different Christian groups disagree on the very basic priciples of Christianity like Bible authority, baptism, worship services, the nature of Jesus, church organization, etc.

Now, having the background for my answer, here it is ...

As far as us that strive to follow God's will as it is written in the Bible, NO we do not want a Christian theocracy because it is not expected. Jesus told Pilate in John 18:36 "...My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence."

However, what we do want is a MORAL government just as our founding fathers tried to create. For example, we think that regardless of your religion, it should not be legal to kill unborn babies.

Answer 5

I would say there is a very loud minority within Christianity that would like this to be a Christian theocracy.

A woman's place as defined in the "Holy Book"
Morality Police
Criminalization of Homosexuality
Mandatory Prayer in school.
Non state religions carefully regulated.

Wait, where have I heard about this before?
Sounds like the Taliban maybe?

Answer 6

I'm a Christian and I don't. Legislated faith isn't really faith. If Christians use the New Testament as a rough guide of how to worship, I don't remember a Christian (of course they wouldn't have called it Christian yet) theocracy or control of government being a goal of Jesus and first-century followers ... seems to run contrary to the instructions to "render to Ceasar what is Caesar's."

Answer 7

“The long-term goal of Christians in politics should be to gain exclusive control over the franchise. Those who refuse to submit publicly to the eternal sanctions of God by submitting to His Church's public marks of the covenant - baptism and holy communion - must be denied citizenship, just as they were in ancient Israel.”
Gary North - Political Polytheism: The Myth of Pluralism (1989)

“I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good... Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a biblical duty, we are called on by God to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want pluralism.”
Randall Terry - The News Sentinel, (Fort Wayne, Indiana), August 16, 1993.

“We don't have to protect the environment, the Second Coming is at hand.”
James Watt, Secretary of the Interior under Ronald Reagan. Washington Post, May 24, 1981.

“The Church has through the centuries, understood that ideas are really more dangerous than other weapons. Their use should be restricted.”
Francis J. Lally, American Roman Catholic Monsignor. Interview with Mike Wallace, 1958.

Answer 8

A small minority do indeed. The others that make so much noise just want to legislate their morality so that everyone will have to follow their traditions "for their own good". The majority are happy with Church/State seperation, since they have the good sense to realize that there are many flavors of Christian and only the most aggressive, repressive, and zealous would end up in power...who would then go to war with one another over points of dogma while everyone in the middle gets shot up.

Answer 9

No, they don't. But they don't want other beliefs like atheism or evolutionism to ban them. Did you know that Christianity is the driving force in helping people in the world? The head of the Salvation Army (a Christian group) gets paid less than $50,000 annually for doing a more effective job than most atheist charities do. The Catholic church (another Christian group) sends Priests and Nuns all over the world to help the less fortunate. Mother Teresa is a name that comes to mind. And it was Elton John (not a Christian- what a surprise!!) who said in an interview that organized faiths should be banned for infringing on the rights of gay people, although he said in the same interview that he and his partner have not encountered any problems whatsoever with discrimination. Most churches welcome homosexuals into their congregations, realizing that sin is sin. They know that everyone deserves a chance to get to know God, not just the heterosexual rapists, thieves, and murderers. The media seems to focus on the exceptions to this, as only bad news seems to sell.
Christians are trying to get along in school systems which show documentaries on gay marriage, and have teachers "educating" children on things like anal sex. They are letting non-Christian values into the system believing that one day the decline will stop. These Christians are stupidly clinging to the hope that the school system will come to its senses and stop teaching children about fisting (a skill every child needs to succeed as a pornstar), and start putting more focus on things like reading and math (what EVERY child needs to get ahead in this competitive world). Christian belief was never about exclusion, only other people's perception of Christianity. Giving this another look, maybe Christians SHOULD try to turn the US into a theocracy?

Answer 10

No I dont think so. But when people ask questions like that, they always like to put into peoples minds, a worst case extreme scenario, so that people will be spurred into action and stamp it out before that movement attains too much power. Thats called fear mongering. Which is the same thing the democrats accuse the bush administration of doing when they talk about how great the threat of terrorism is.

Answer 11

Certainly not all Christians. You are taking a narrow view of Christianity here. But yes, there is a large segment of the population - Evangelicals of the type portrayed in "Jesus Camp" - that would like to see our country's laws based on their personal religious beliefs. This is because of the false belief that our "founders" wanted the USA to be a Christian nation from the get-go, and that we have somehow strayed from the path they set us on. Despite the Constitution and the complete historical innacuracy of these beliefs, they do represent a very powerful voting bloc and the rest of the country, Christian and otherwise, should be afraid of the power they could potentially wield.