Does this mean that Christianity or Judaism are incompatible with democracy? Yes, to the same extent and for the same reasons that Islam is also incompatible. All three are intrinsically ill-suited to be the source of a democratic government. They're incompatible because theocracy is incompatible with democracy. Every step that any government takes in providing either recognition or authority to any religion, is a step away from democracy. That's unavoidable, no matter the religion involved. The moment you have a government that acknowledges any religion as the true religion, you have a government in which some animals are far more equal than others.
And yet there are those Christians amongst us (Generation Joshua) who will happily replace our Republic with a theocracy, if we allow them to.
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YES. This is so very true, and what makes me worried personally is that especially in the last few elections, religion has become thrust to the forefront as the test of a "good leader," the implication being that a godly man = a goodly leader. I find this troubling in its implicit embracing of theocracy.
-- Adso of Melk (http://adsoofmelk.wordpress.com)
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