[MD] Theocracy, Secularism, and Democracy

[John Carl]

Steve pleas for help:


> Steve:
>  I'd really like to be able
> to wield the term (theocracy) to criticize a certain anti-democratic
> movement that
> swept W into the White House, but I also want to be very clear about
> what it means. Can you help clarify?
>
>
John and Royce to the rescue!

Theocracy always instantiates as a hierarchical priesthood, which the lazy
people use as a substitute for the real thing.  Theocracy eff's up the
ineffable.  Christ's virtually last words to his disciples was in essence,
"you don't want me to go, but unless I go, you will never grow up".  They
didn't understand what he meant when he said, "the comforter will come and
He will be your guide"  But what he was pointing to was that as long as
external authority was enthroned, the inner-voice, the conscience, that
which says to each of us what is good and what is not good, DQ to the soul,
can never be developed when external authority is respected.  Religious
theocracy always wants to replace this voice with external rules and
regulations.  But it is Royce's Community of Infinite Interpretation, that
is our  goal.  The ongoing conversation which creates conflict and troubles
our heart, but is the only path of salvation.  Hence the protestant
revolution, which birthed  the enlightenment of scientific revolution and
found its fullest expression in the American Freedom of Religion. (and
Freedom FROM Religion as well)

Hmmm... sorta sounds like the same reason RMP doesn't participate in MD with
a bunch of papal bull, doncha think?  Jesus and Bob, together at last!

John laughing his ass off.