Government and Religion

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November 27, 2006
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Before we delve into the meat of this blog, let’s first review some definitions (my wording) that you may have forgotten since civics class:

• Theocracy: literally a “God Rules” government; this is a government where a religion sets the rules.
• Democracy: literally a “People Rules” government; while there are different levels of democracy (direct and representative are two), this is a government where the people set the rules.

A brief look at American history will no doubt (even with the liberal attempts to re-write history) show that our country’s laws, principles, and structure were (for the most part) based on the Christian religion. That said, America is a democracy and not a theocracy. That being said let us look at what Christianity is and how it should affect our government. I'll do this by expanding on the following ideas:

1. Christianity is the one true faith.
2. God judges wicked nations.

A nation’s righteousness cannot be determined by its government but by the people themselves.