In a dictatorship & in a theocracy, the power is no longer with the people, but in the hands of one megalomaniac.
North Korea
Iran
Mount Athos (Athonite State)
China
Vatican City
Cuba
Eritrea
Laos
Saudi Arabia
Vietnam
Russia (in all but name)
All famous for Human Rights abuses.
North Korea
Iran
Mount Athos (Athonite State)
China
Vatican City
Cuba
Eritrea
Laos
Saudi Arabia
Vietnam
Russia (in all but name)
All famous for Human Rights abuses.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
