Nevertheless, the pendulum seems to be swinging away from the horrors of a theocratic influence and back towards rationality and civilization. It would be great if the evangelicals faded back into the woodwork and kept their religious beliefs to themselves (or at least only bullied their poor local neighbors and not the country as a whole). They have come as close to installing their religious state in this country as I would care to see. There was a period in history when theocrats did have the power they wanted with religious leaders ruling the lands and everyone believing in the bible or else keeping quiet to avoid torture and death. That period was called the Dark Ages for very obvious reasons. A good example of sucessful theocratic state today: Iran. Are there people who really think a chrisitian taliban is somehow better than a muslim one?

Theocratic state????

You all support the hegemonic goals of Iran-where you would both probably have been imprisoned if not executed, atheism is a capital offense in Iran, degrade the American democracy at every turn and then label the mere existence of public religion as a theocracy.

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http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/capitol/trail/inbox.html
www.ronpaul2008.com

I disagree that Falwell’s death portends anything for the Christianist movement and its push for theocracy. With Christianist operatives and sleeper cells now infesting the executive branch and even the civil service — as Monica Goodling’s testimony shows — it’s going to be a long hard slog before the danger of theocracy has faded and Constitutional government is restored.