NP - What's So Bad About Theocracy, Anyway?

[rich]

some would argue Israel is headed in the same direction but worse, a
theocracy (or at least a very sympathetic Netanyahu administration, a
strong right-wing Likud married to fringe religious psuedo
nationalistic paramilitary fringe symbolized the settler movement and
the increased muscle of the various rabbinate schools) and an
impending apartheid-like implementation political directive

rich

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with you almost completely, Joseph, except for this one point: Jesus
> is never anti-authoritarian. Instead, he separates church from state. Render
> unto Caesar and all that. The state is the state, it is not compatible with
> religion. That is one of the chief points of differentiation between
> Christianity and Islam. Mohammed's state is theocratic. "St" Paul comes
> across as quite theocratic, also. He engineered the true schism in
> Christianity. All other sectarian divisions are minor after Paul's diversion
> from Jesus' teachings, the almost inevitable subsequent union of Caesar and
> Christ, and the advent of militant christianity in Rome. Now, I'm no
> christian, but I think this Voris guy is as ridiculous as Paul and
> Constantine, so he scares me a little.
>