(April 12, 2024 at 11:18 am)Jamie Boy Wrote: C.S. Lewis, much beloved by American Christians, said this about theocracy (bold mine):
I am a democrat because I believe that no man or group of men is good enough to be trusted with uncontrolled power over others. And the higher the pretensions of such power, the more dangerous I think it both to the rulers and to the subjects. Hence Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity at some point be sated, and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations. And since Theocracy is the worst, the nearer any government approaches to Theocracy the worse it will be.
I wonder what would happen to a pastor who expressed this sentiment from the pulpit on Sunday morning.
Funny how no one seems to want to post ALL the commandments. In addition to the Big Ten, there are 613 mitzvot (commandments) which include:
-Do not profane a judge.
-Do not hold grudges against people who disagree with you.
-Teach the Torah to your children.
-Never stop hating missionaries.
-Don’t cut your hair or shave your beard.
-Never marry a Gentile.
-Forgive all debts more than seven years old.
And so on. All of these have the same authority as the Big Ten, so why not post them as well,
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson