Oh, so like Iran.
Yeah, still not a fan. Again, governing by "God's law" sounds great till the government has a different view of what God's law says.
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Theocracy
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Oh, so like Iran.
Yeah, still not a fan. Again, governing by "God's law" sounds great till the government has a different view of what God's law says.
Then you are happy to live under nature's theocratic law, which we all do anyway, when we do not mess with it.
IMHO, it is all from the One God.
Regards Tony
No nothing like Iran, As none of the elected representatives are representatives of a Faith, they are representatives of the Nation.
Regards Tony
A country becoming a theocracy would probably be the main reason as to why I would move from such, apart from it becoming a dictatorship - given there isn't much between them. 
Anglican, all the way!
j/k don't beat me up, please.
Any years ago i was CofE, but its not what I voted so no cigar
I would choose theocratic, if it means that only law would be the ten commandments from the Bible.
So why should others follow the laws and morals of the god that you made?
TagliatelliMonster
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TagliatelliMonster
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What if they don't have a choice?
What if the rule of man requires you to do things not in line with your faith?
Or the opposite... what if the rule of man prohibits you from doing things that are required by your faith?
TagliatelliMonster
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I don't understand.
Are you saying that in your vision, the elected representatives should be representatives of religions and not of the citizens?
Audie
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The detail please. What is ‘God’s theocratic Kingdom’? If it isn’t a human version then tell us in detail what it actually is.
I do not think people can truly answer this question as humanity has never had a ‘divinely guided’ government from God. All of the so called ‘theocracies’ were man made just like any other system of governance such as democracy or communism, papacy etc
Baha’u’llah claimed that He brought the Kingdom of God but it has yet to become a state religion. We do have some basic idea of the future Baha’i World Commonwealth.
Can you think of a reason for God to not be silent for some time -- and then shut up forever more?
Absolutely not!
...OK so you are arguing for a theocracy.
And just like that, your pantheon was just outlawed and you declared a blasphemer and infidel as you are whisked off for stoning.
In my humanist world, you could live according to those laws and I could do otherwise. In your world, I'm a criminal. I'm assuming from your comment that you're OK with that.
We can do better than that. Many already do.
No, they can't.
No, they stand for their understanding of what their god commands, or whatever words they care to put in its mouth.
Soandso
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How do we know that a "divinely guided" government is even possible, given that all theocracies were man made in the past?
Soandso
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Ok. So what will the punishment be for people in the country who aren't Christian and worship other gods besides Yahweh, like Hindus?
That's the first, and potentially second, commandment broken right there