Why is theocracy a bad idea?

[Margno]

Cause it uses human intermediaries.

[Veceria]

Why is theocracy a bad idea?

-> ISIL/ISIS/whatever they call themselves?

[The Black Forrest]

Why? Some of the worst acts of humanity have been in the name of God(s).

Leave Religion to the places of worship. It has no place in governing.

[James Deans]

Ain't nothing wrong with spiritocracy but I had a hard time with a minister before.

[James Deans]

Why? Some of the worst acts of humanity have been in the name of God(s).

Leave Religion to the places of worship. It has no place in governing.

Nothing compared to what them reds did in Russia 70 years ago.

[The Black Forrest]

Why? Some of the worst acts of humanity have been in the name of God(s).

Leave Religion to the places of worship. It has no place in governing.

Nothing compared to what them reds did in Russia 70 years ago.

The Crusades? The inquisition?

[James Deans]

Nothing compared to what them reds did in Russia 70 years ago.

The Crusades? The inquisition?

I'm talking commies.

[Hurdegaryp]

The Crusades? The inquisition?

I'm talking commies.

Reagan was worse, for his administration supported all those islamist rebels in Afghanistan. In retrospect it would have been better to support the goddamn Soviet Union, but giving money and weapons to the people who would later spawn wonderful organizations such as the Taliban and Al Qaida seemed like a better plan in the coke-fueled eighties. Hell, even the evangelicals were in favour of supporting those bloody jihadists!

[The Sotoan Union]

You don't quite understand what a theocracy is. A theocracy is not a government where the leaders just happen to be religious. It's a government where the civil leader is a divine being, and all officials rule because it was the will of god. These leaders claim to be in power because god put them there and that power can be horribly abused.

[Prezelly]

The Crusades? The inquisition?

I'm talking commies.

How about the Holocaust? Christian hatred right there just as bad as the Soviets

[Hurdegaryp]

I'm talking commies.

How about the Holocaust? Christian hatred right there just as bad as the Soviets

After the Second World War historians tried their very best to explain why nazism had nothing in common with Christianity, but that was just revisionism. The warmachines of the nazi armies still carried the Balkenkreuz, a symbol directly based upon the Christian cross, for example.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

Because creating a nation based upon laws set down by savages thousand of years ago with no knowledge the political, social, and technological advances since their time is a bad idea.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

I'm talking commies.

How about the Holocaust? Christian hatred right there just as bad as the Soviets

Poles, Jews, Gypsies, Political dissidents...nope, not seeing Christianity anywhere.

[Washington Resistance Army]

How about the Holocaust? Christian hatred right there just as bad as the Soviets

Poles, Jews, Gypsies, Political dissidents...nope, not seeing Christianity anywhere.

Pretty sure he was talking about how a number of the Nazi leaders were Christian and made regular appeals to God.

[The New Sea Territory]

.....because religion is a bad idea.

[The New Sea Territory]

The Crusades? The inquisition?

I'm talking commies.

Well, aren't you bright?

They weren't communist. *shockgasphorror* ...and one socialist atrocity versus every major war until 1500? Religion breeds violence, like nationalism.

[The New Sea Territory]

I'm talking commies.

How about the Holocaust? Christian hatred right there just as bad as the Soviets

The Soviets didn't "hate Christians". They enforced State Atheism, under Stalin, but no one else. Part of this was because those religious leaders had shit on them since the Romanovs took power, and to be blunt, they deserved to be put out of a position of leadership.

[The New Sea Territory]

Why is theocracy a bad idea?

-> ISIL/ISIS/whatever they call themselves?

The Islamic State

[Cyrisnia]

Poles, Jews, Gypsies, Political dissidents...nope, not seeing Christianity anywhere.

Pretty sure he was talking about how a number of the Nazi leaders were Christian and made regular appeals to God.

Some were.
Hitler himself considered Christianity stupid and abhorrent, and only faked Christianity to gain more political power/support.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Pretty sure he was talking about how a number of the Nazi leaders were Christian and made regular appeals to God.

Some were.
Hitler himself considered Christianity stupid and abhorrent, and only faked Christianity to gain more political power/support.

Hitlers religiosity is still heavily debated, I'm not sure anyone will ever know what he truly believed.

[The New Sea Territory]

Pretty sure he was talking about how a number of the Nazi leaders were Christian and made regular appeals to God.

Some were.
Hitler himself considered Christianity stupid and abhorrent, and only faked Christianity to gain more political power/support.

....he considered Catholicism stupid and abhorrent, and was skeptical of most Protestantism, but still believed and used God. I'd say he was a non-practicing non-denominational Christian. The Nazi belt buckles said "God is With Us" on them...you can't claim they were atheist.

[Pope Joan]

Theocracy merely uses religion as a basis for control rather than birth aristocracy) or wealth (plutocracy) or a combination of influence and money (oligarchy).

The reason they all fail is because they concentrate and manipulate power, for the benefit of the few, and the detriment of the many.

There is a strong groundswell of public feeling against the Ayatollahs in Iran, for just that reason.

http://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Ayatollah ... 1842775316

(biased source) http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 99,00.html

[Threlizdun]

Because discriminating against others simply for holding different beliefs than you and basing policy on something with no evidence of truth is an awful idea.

[Pope Joan]

Because discriminating against others simply for holding different beliefs than you and basing policy on something with no evidence of truth is an awful idea.

So what about discriminating against others for holding different incomes than you?

That's America.

[Lalaki]

I think this situation would never come into play under our traditional idea of religion. A main idea of Christianity (since most NSG players are from North America/Europe) is faith without proof. Someone voluntarily choosing worship. Someone who takes the time to dedicate themselves.