The constitution can be easily ammended to create a Theocracy. Is there anyone who really doesn't think that would be a good idea?
2007-02-20 00:58:50 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I, of course, have read Atwood's 'Handmaiden's Tale'. Gilead was flawed because it had a caste system, it was racist, and no women's rights. It was simply a liberal's idea of a theocracy.
2007-02-20 01:08:23 · update #1
Amend the Constitution for a theocracy ? You might as well destroy the Constitution. One by one everything the Constitution promises will be eliminated because of the theocracy. Our founding fathers knew better. Nothing has changed, to make a theocracy a good idea.
2007-02-20 01:47:40 · answer #1 · answered by Count Acumen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think not. First of all changing the constitution is not a thing that should be done on a whim. No matter what. The founding fathers were extremely wise to state in the constitution that there should be no state sponsored religion. We are such a diverse population with diverse beliefs that no state mandated religion should be established. If this is done a significant portion of the population will be left out. No one believes in God in the same way as someone else.
Also the rights of people would be easily set aside due to it being "against the state religion". All you have to do is look to other countries for examples of that. Women's rights would be put by the wayside, racial matters would be strained. If someone was an atheist, how would they be treated? I would guarantee you as a second class citizen.
Less government is better and if the government gets involved with religion, then they will invade every aspect of our lives. Puritans came to the United States to worship freely, and you are suggesting taking that away? The principles that this nation was founded on would be worthless.
2007-02-20 01:26:05 · answer #2 · answered by krupsk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Theocracies of any type, whatever the religion, are a horrible system for everyone except the wild eyed fanatics who are in charge. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and, formerly, Afghanistan under the Taliban, were theocracies. Go live there a year before you make up your mind about living in one.
2007-02-20 01:07:28 · answer #3 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
And with so many diofferent people representing so many different religions in the US, what religion do you propose basing this theocracy on? Since about 1/2 of the country is not conservative, a Christian theocracy certianly wouldn't work......
2007-02-20 06:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by Episco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson didn't think a theocracy such a good idea. Here are some of his thoughts:
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in exchange for protection to his own.
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
2007-02-20 01:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by AZ123 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Im sorry but no, the seperation between Church and State has been working in the US for over 200 years and I see no reason to amend the Constitution to fix what isn't broken.
I feel that any church or representative of a church or organized religion who engages in politics should have to give up their "tax-exempt" status. Why should they be allowed to tinker in something they don't have to pay for?
As to your comments about a "liberal's idea of a theocracy", what is a CONSERVATIVE idea of a US Theocracy?
2007-02-20 01:09:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Read the Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood. And what if one is not a religious person, or specifically not a Christian?
If you want to live in a theocracy, go to Pakastan and find the Taliban. See if they will let you hang out with them for a while.
No we are not better off, Read up on the history of the 30 years war in Europe sometime. You may find it enlightening.
2007-02-20 01:03:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-17 14:31:42 · answer #8 · answered by zabel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in the least.
But we would be better off if we returned to being the limited federal government Constitutional Republic that we once were, where freedom, liberty, personal rights and personal responsibility were our birthrights as Americans.
I'll take the animating contest of freedom over the slavery of a socialist welfare state.
2007-02-20 01:17:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is someone who thinks this would be a bad idea. Me.
This country was founded on the principle that all people should be free. How, exactly, would forcing religion on them fall under the guidelines of "America"?
Want a theocracy? Go to Baghdad.
2007-02-20 01:05:27 · answer #10 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋