USA and God

[confused453]

I don't get it. USA is all about democracy and freedom, and all against dictatorship etc.. Yet, the majority believes in a single God, which seems like the biggest dictator in the universe. Is this a paradox or what?

 

[jcforever]

I don't get it. USA is all about democracy and freedom, and all against dictatorship etc.. Yet, the majority believes in a single God, which seems like the biggest dictator in the universe. Is this a paradox or what?

God is the dictator of everything we experience.

 

[Stevicus]

I don't get it. USA is all about democracy and freedom, and all against dictatorship etc.. Yet, the majority believes in a single God, which seems like the biggest dictator in the universe. Is this a paradox or what?

Not as long as we have separation of church and state. We also have a system of checks and balances and a separation of powers. Essentially, God has no jurisdiction over US law; He is just a figurehead, not unlike European royalty.

 

[David T]

I don't get it. USA is all about democracy and freedom, and all against dictatorship etc.. Yet, the majority believes in a single God, which seems like the biggest dictator in the universe. Is this a paradox or what?

Are you proposing that america should be Pan-Theistic rather than Mono-theistic? As far as I can tell America is only Mono-theistic in concept, in behavior it's Pan-theistic ever watch a "reality" TV show, ever read Greek mythology?

 

[confused453]

It's just when read the news or listen to podcasts, there's always some politician that's trying to pass some crazy Christian law. And then to get into politics, you must be a Christian, or you'll never get elected in anything..

 

[Luciferi Baphomet]

I don't get it. USA is all about democracy and freedom, and all against dictatorship etc.. Yet, the majority believes in a single God, which seems like the biggest dictator in the universe. Is this a paradox or what?

Christians believe that the US is a christian nation even though it is not. Christians want to take everything they can't have.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I don't get it. USA is all about democracy and freedom, and all against dictatorship etc.. Yet, the majority believes in a single God, which seems like the biggest dictator in the universe. Is this a paradox or what?

Not.

 

[sun rise]

It's just when read the news or listen to podcasts, there's always some politician that's trying to pass some crazy Christian law. And then to get into politics, you must be a Christian, or you'll never get elected in anything..

There are some who I would label "Taliban-Christians" who want to turn the US into a theocracy in the same way that ISIS wants an Islamic theocratic state. There is no psychological difference between them although the laws would differ

But there are a number of Jews, Muslims and even a Buddhist Congressman.

 

[Guy Threepwood]

I don't get it. USA is all about democracy and freedom, and all against dictatorship etc.. Yet, the majority believes in a single God, which seems like the biggest dictator in the universe. Is this a paradox or what?

Consider that the biggest ditatorships are generally atheists states- USSR, North Korea, Communist China etc

Personal faith, in a higher power than politicians, = personal independence, a huge threat to socialism in general

 

[confused453]

Consider that the biggest ditatorships are generally atheists states- USSR, North Korea, Communist China etc

Personal faith, in a higher power than politicians, = personal independence, a huge threat to socialism in general

Then how do you explain other poor but very religious countries?