Then the blame lies on Islam. If you're following the religion completely and it's promoting bad things then why follow it?
What the heck does 'bad things' mean?
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Then the blame lies on Islam. If you're following the religion completely and it's promoting bad things then why follow it?
I believe democracy is a good thing. HOWEVER, I also believe that what we see today in Western counties can hardly be called democracy. No wonder discontent is growing almost everywhere.
As far as Christianity is concerned, it is not the task of the church to be the ruler of countries.
Christians can be politicians but not if it morphs into a kind of Christian theocracy.
Christians normally accept the chosen leaders of a country and follow the laws for as long as the laws do not force people to act contrary to Christian beliefs.
The task of the church is not to govern.
But the West is currently in a very deep crisis and because of rampant secularism, democracy is failing.
@Estro Felino
Why do Marxism and Communism require Atheism? If its to do with the Catholic Church being too powerful then why did Communism become so popular in China, Vietnam, Cambodia and North Korea (countries with a tiny Catholic population)?
@Estro Felino
Why do Marxism and Communism require Atheism? If its to do with the Catholic Church being too powerful then why did Communism become so popular in China, Vietnam, Cambodia and North Korea (countries with a tiny Catholic population)?
A country is a bad thing. I'm anarchist, countries are oppressive.a country with an official religion is a bad thing ?
Do people just deliberately forget that the New Testament and Jesus himself said to obey the government and live peaceably with all men?
What the heck does 'bad things' mean?
I don't think Jesus is recorded as having said that. Paul, yes.
First, freedom of religion (all part of freedom of thought) is a basic human right. Theocracies have a long history of violating this right.Why do people say that a theocracy / a country with an official religion is a bad thing ? They say literal interpretation of a religion would be bad too. Are these 2 things related ?
I don't think Jesus is recorded as having said that. Paul, yes.
A country with an official religion isn't always a bad thing, in example there is Norway. It's even possible that a theocracy wouldn't be horrible or oppressive if it allowed for people to not participate in it's religion and allowed them to practice their own.Why do people say that a theocracy / a country with an official religion is a bad thing ? They say literal interpretation of a religion would be bad too. Are these 2 things related ?
Executing apostates and jailing homosexuals
A country with an official religion isn't always a bad thing, in example there is Norway. It's even possible that a theocracy wouldn't be horrible or oppressive if it allowed for people to not participate in it's religion and allowed them to practice their own.
Social proscriptions, and mandated, orthodox doctrine, behavior, and laws, are rarely based on poetry, unless it's religious poetry.No more than a poem is flawed for employing metaphor.
Fundamentalist Hinduism seems like an oxymoron. The BJP is more authoritarian [RWA] than fundamentalist....On a somewhat unrelated note, the RSS/BJP in India isn't fundamentalist, if you want fundamentalist Hinduism then the Hindu Mahasabha is to blame: they shot Mahatma Gandhi
No -- NO religions.Would you support have government support ALL religions in a country then?
What is a "legitimate" religion?Then would you consider that the only legitimate religions are ones supported by the state?
The religion itself, completely independent of government.So, who makes the subjective decision that a religion 'work for the common good and the welfare of the community' but the government?
They don't -- though Marx did see religion as an opiate.@Estro Felino
Why do Marxism and Communism require Atheism? If its to do with the Catholic Church being too powerful then why did Communism become so popular in China, Vietnam, Cambodia and North Korea (countries with a tiny Catholic population)?
Suppression: of freedom of conscience, belief, lifestyle, dress, diet, &al.What the heck does 'bad things' mean?