alt.education

thomas p. said the following on 3/8/2008 12:42 AM:

> Today, in the US, all people have the right to believe in any kind of god
> they like or in no kind of god at all. They have the right to express their
> opinions about the merits or lack thereof of any religious teaching. A
> person is a citizen regardless of his religious beliefs or lack of his
> beliefs. He can be any variety of Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu or any
> other religion, or he can have no religion at all; he will still be a
> citizen with all the rights of citizenship. If the Constitution was only
> for the people you approve of, none of the above would be true.

See, that's the scary thing about a theocracy. It is necessarily
limiting the freedoms of the people therein. If the land is Christian,
then you may only practice the religion of Christianity (and since there
are so many denominations and sects, which one is the one that'll be
law?). If you practice another religion or do not practice religion at
all, you're screwed.

Check out what they do to you if you even OWN a Bible in Saudi Arabia.

That's what theocracy will get you: Lack of freedom.

It's why I tell advocates of theocracies: "You'd better have the right
religion, then."



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