Would the USA be a better country if it were run by Christian Theocracy ?

Question

I think the USA morals are declining fast what do you think ?

Answer 1

I nominate this as the scariest question of the day.

Answer 2

No, that would be a terrible idea! I'm Jewish and that would scare the sh*t out of me! What if you decided that Jews didn't have a place in your Christian theocracy and told us to convert or die or banish us from the U.S. I truly believe that could happen under a Christian theocracy. But let me ask you something: Would the USA be a better country if it were run by a Jewish theocracy?

Answer 3

This nation was founded on the principle of freedom--freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of expression. We are under the law of seperation of church and state and have been since the beginning of the nation. I do not think we would be better off being run by a theocracy. First off, I am Christian. It cheapens my faith to use it as a political platform and a way to make policy changes in government. My faith goes way beyond what country I live in and what my government is doing.

Secondly, I know that I am not the only faith that lives in this country. To base laws on a faith that isn't followed by 100% of the people in the country goes against one of the major reasons why we left England. It goes against having no representation. The pilgrims that left England did it based on one cry, "No taxation without representation". To base laws on one faith isn't equally representing the cross section of culture that makes of America.

Thirdly, Not every Christian is the same. We all believe different things. The one thing that ties us together is the belief that Jesus Christ is our Savior. Some of us believe in having church on Sunday, and others want to have church on Saturday. Some of us follow the doctrine of the Trinity and others do not. Some us are Catholics and others are Baptists or Pentecostals. Some belive in infant baptism, and some don't. We are all different. You couldn't base it on all of Christianity you'd have to pick one sect over another, and in turn, you would alienate many of the people of the Christian faith as well as the people that aren't believers in Christ.

Answer 4

USA morals are decreasing but it is the people who make a country and not the government. And it isn't by religion that you say a group is good. If everyone just learned to get along with one another then that creates a better country.

Answer 5

So you would replace democracy with a dictatorship. So Hitler, Mussolini and Starlin were right. After all they believed that it was right for their countries morals.

And as to the USA doing fine for the 1st 200 years morally - what was the slaughter of the Native Americans peoples, the attempts to grab Canada, half of the country wanting to keep slaves, the subjugation of the black peoples... need I go on

Answer 6

No. There is a lot of looney destructive behavior that goes under the guise of Christianity.

But then again, just look at how well a Theocracy is working for Afghanistan.

Answer 7

If American morals are declining so badly, perhaps it is the 85% self described "Christians" need to get together reexamine how well they apply their own religion. Perhaps if more Christians did a better job leading by example.

Sorry to be racist... but this sounds like black people blaming others for endemic issues they need to solve for themselves in their own communities.

You know when 95% of of Americans have sex before marriage, it's not mostly atheists doing. :-P

Answer 8

It is already partially run by right wing religious facists who stop progress like stem cell research, a war based on Bush's fundie beliefs. We would be worse off run under the boot heels of this sort of religious christian taliban. They often refer to the values of the founding fathers as being ideal although many of them practiced slavery, denied women the right to vote, engaged in duals, genocide of native people etc. Thomas Jefferson early saw the threat to freedom of Theocracy and in his wisdom sought the separation of church and state.

Answer 9

They are indeed, but theocracies have NEVER been the answer. The problem is with a theocracy then the church has to contend with men that simply want power infiltrating its ranks. Giving the power of govt to the church has never worked out in the past because the world corrupts it. Jesus never said the function of church was to rule over men, but to be a beacon of salvation of them, not to physically rule them.

Answer 10

Morals are relative. Your morals arent necessarily mine.

Thats the beauty of true freedom, we can disagree. No one person's or group of people's morals should be written into law.

Answer 11

No - The USA Stole land, murdered and kidnapped other to build the country - What morals did the USA ever have???