(January 15, 2022 at 4:17 am)Rahn127 Wrote: The Revolutionary War was all about escaping a theocracy and creating a democracy, where the people held the power and decided who among them would be their representatives in a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
Theocracies have always been a scam, in which one person convinces the masses that he or she has direct communication with a god.
Religious wars breakout because one theocrat is threatened by another. They convince the people that those "other" people are worshipping a false god and this must be destroyed
Most every war you point to has a religious back story.
A theocracy in the US would be horrible for everyone.
This is incorrect for a number of reasons.
First, Britain at the time was NOT a theocracy. It was a kingdom. As with many kingdoms, the king was seen as having divine backing, but not, at the time, to be himself divine.
Next, the founding fathers were NOT interested in a democracy. They specifically and clearly stated that was NOT what they wanted. Instead, they wanted and formed a republic. They saw democracies as too subject to temporary hysterias leading to bad policies. This is one reason why they did NOT want direct election of Senators and the President. It is also why they liked the idea of limiting voting to the propertied class.
Next, most wars have a religious back story, but mostly as an after effect of the conflict, not as a source of the conflict. Usually, there is a political or economic basis for the conflict. But support is drummed up by the use of religion. And, because of the nature of religion, it is *always* possible to find some meaningless difference that can be promoted to a cause celebre.
But I do agree that theocracy is a horrible form of government and should be avoided at all costs. It tends to take the already too powerful kings and adds ideological agreement as a condition. Of course, politics can do the same.
