Do conservative Christians want to make America a theocracy?

Answer 1

While you find many conservative Christians answering "no" to your question, you probably find that they want the laws changed.

They would like the government to pass laws allowing prayer in school, no gay marriage, no Harry Potter books in school, the 10 commandments displayed in buildings payed for by tax payers, etc, etc.

So basically, they want a government that recognizes their right to worship their God, while not recognizing the religions of others. For some reason, these people think the US was founded for Christians???? I'm pretty sure if this country was founded for Christians, the founders would have incorporated that idea into the Constitution. Instead the founders decided that the government "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

Oh, so the US shall not establish a religion, show preference to a religion or infringe on the right of an individual to practice the religion of their choice. I sure hope you religion has a GOD. Because it is "In God we trust."

THEY WANT A THEOCRACY!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

No! Understanding that even Christians can't agree on a set doctrine between all the different denominations, why would anything but a democracy be desired? Our freedom to worship and live according to the faith of our choice is best preserved with the government format of the U.S. that we have now.

We just don't want to have to suffer the social consequences caused by the actions of those who refuse to live by any moral code at all. Moral relativism will only rot our country from within, and by claiming that a person who participates in destructive behavior is making decisions that only effect themselves is a lie. Abortion, drugs, etc... are things that effect many people beyond those directly involved. Why should those who chose to live to a standard that does not involve such destructive behavior be subject to the consequences of it while there is no legal recourse to those who do? Shouldn't the law not only punish the guilty, but protect the innocent?

With the form of government that we currently have, we are all at least given an equal voice in forming the moral atmosphere of our local communities, states, and national governments. A theocracy would render silent those who are not a part of the religion in charge. A theocracy would only please a very small minority, and should be undesireable to all who believe the U.S. constitution is the greatest piece of government legislation ever made by man. Theocracy would place too much power in the hands of someone who is most likely not perfect and would only lead to corruption. Just look at the Catholic Theocracy over Europe in the Middle Ages for an example of absolute power given to those who are of limited ability to be perfectly just.

Voting for moral values in government is not a vote for a religious theocracy, it is a vote to uphold the values that one holds dear. It is just as valid as the vote of those of a differing oppinion and should be accepted as such.

I do believe that the government should stay clear of favoring a specific religion. However, the way that the government has been leaning lately would suggest that it favors athiest and agnostic belief systems more that the overwhelming majority of people who can at least agree on a belief in a God regardless of being Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or other faiths that believe in divinity. Which of those two standpoints is more favoring of a specific religion?

Answer 3

No they just want to make sure that all the laws of this country coincide with Christian doctrine, well so maybe that's yes. But they are hippocritical, b/c there are many laws in the Bible they conveniently overlook. Such as the entire book of Leviticus. Rather than following the whole thing which is generally about diet i.e. shellfish are bad, the focus on like two lines, "Man shall not lie down with man as he does with woman." The problem is they're leaving out the 99% of the text.

Answer 4

First of all to have a theocracy, you'd need one person that
God would speak to. Like Moses and the Lord God. We are
not back in the Bible days, and we all worship as we please.
When Jesus returns and sets up His kingdom on earth there
will still be separate nations. He will rule from Jerusalem. I
believe we will speak different languages too. But the Christians of this "church age" will all be glorified with Christ
and we will do His will on earth as it is in heaven!

Answer 5

It's contrary to God's plan -- so no. The Bible teaches us that the world will be a Theocracy when the Messiah sets up His Kingdom.

Answer 6

Or just have their religion be given special priviledge by the government.

They think that religion has an integral part in politics and that all Americans should be forced to live by their rules.

This is of course a generalization, but there is some truth, since many say that they wouldn't vote for a non-Christian.

Answer 7

No one of The True Christian Faith would want that... It would be against the Word and Will of God... No mortal may impose God's Law upon another.... Only when Christ returns to establish His reign will there be a true theocracy... and not untill.

Answer 8

There is no way to really sugar coat this, but I'd say yes they do.

Look at advocates for prayer in public schools. I'm sure if you go into the search bar, you can find many here asking if prayer should be allowed in public schools. My opinion of that, is if you want your child to observe prayers in school, send them to a parochial school. Public schools are for the public, and last I heard that term refers to a population broader than Christianity. A Muslim, Budhist, Hindu, Taoist, or child of any faith should not made to be uncomfortable by being forced to pray to a Christian god against their will. Hence our freedom of religion.

Our forefathers never established a national religion, and it was intentional. America was designed that way because we are a country that was began by people discriminated and persecuted for their beliefs. Look at the Pilgrims. They settled in America because they could not freely practice thier faith in England. A few centuries later, and it's the Christian who now wants to opress those of other faiths.

Answer 9

we've already seen reproductive rights heavily compromised. And the notion of the Federal Marriage modification (changing the form!!!) which violates the rights of same-intercourse couples exchange into appalling. We see rules for separation of church and state -- which ensures that scholars and instructors can pray all they choose for at school, etc. -- being misrepresented by employing fundamentalists as attacking their faith. we've already seen the fundamentalism in terms of the FCC. this is frightening.

Answer 10

This conservative Christian doesn't. History has shown that when religious movements take over governments disaster happens. Besides Jesus told Pilate, "My kingdom is not of this world".