tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042841592194426091.post5003942590242876638..comments2023-06-07T03:27:11.297-05:00Comments on Believer's Brain: Theocracy: Just Say No!Bill Hensleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590194120523861924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042841592194426091.post-26561264620791354762007-10-22T21:19:00.000-05:002007-10-22T21:19:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comment, Eratosthenes. What I actu...Thanks for your comment, Eratosthenes. What I actually said was that the vast majority of <B>Christians in this country</B> don't support theocracy, and that I don't personally know anyone who does. I agree, of course, that there might be a very, very tiny number who do. (It's a big country!) I also agree that the idea of a Muslim theocracy might be quite popular in some Muslim countries. Let's Bill Hensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590194120523861924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042841592194426091.post-66618181601577457402007-10-22T15:19:00.000-05:002007-10-22T15:19:00.000-05:00I would actually argue that there are, in existenc...I would actually argue that there are, in existence, ardent supporters of theocracy, since you said you don't know of anyone who supports theocracy. In the Middle East they already have theocracy, it isn't difficult to imagine that there are at least a few theocrats there, and to be honest with ourselves, we can't deny that there are probably people in this country that support theocracy, though Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042841592194426091.post-66392240417583105752007-08-18T09:51:00.000-05:002007-08-18T09:51:00.000-05:00Thanks, Gordon. Sounds like we're practically neig...Thanks, Gordon. Sounds like we're practically neighbors.<BR/><BR/>True religious freedom means facing the possibility that people of another faith might get elected and I might be under their authority. Given the fact that Christianity seems well on its way to becoming a minority religion in this country, this is a scary thought for many of us. Neverthless, if I as a Christian want to exclude Bill Hensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590194120523861924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042841592194426091.post-69007683014927450742007-08-17T23:02:00.000-05:002007-08-17T23:02:00.000-05:00Hi Bill, just found your blog. As a Christian engi...Hi Bill, just found your blog. As a Christian engineer, the relation between science & faith is, of course, of considerable interest to me, too.<BR/><BR/>Gary North wrote a fascinating book about theocracy and the constitution back in the late 80s, Political Polytheism, which argues that the omission of the explicitly Christian state preambles was, indeed, intentional.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com