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I would guess the coming atheocracy is about as likely in Europe as the coming theocracy is in the U.S.
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If you opened up your own B&B and set up an anti-gay policy, you'd be foisting your own beliefs on others in just the same way as the "atheocracy" would, and if you felt that strongly you'd be best advised not to set up such an enterprise.
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Dennettisgod: "If you opened up your own B&B and set up an anti-gay policy, you'd be foisting your own beliefs on others in just the same way as the "atheocracy" would, and if you felt that strongly you'd be best advised not to set up such an enterprise."
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In an "atheocracy", the law wouldn't be influenced by religion, which is what you espoused, right?
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You're right that an "atheocracy" would be just as bad as theocracy - I disagree on more or less every level with a religious view of the world, but I wouldn't want to legally impose my own unbelief on others.
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In an "atheocracy", the law wouldn't be influenced by religion, which is what you espoused, right?"
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An atheocracy, based on the assumption that god does not exist, and Christians, Muslims, etc., are at best grudgingly tolerated, would be as bad as a theocracy, based on a particular religion, with other religions and atheists grudgingly tolerated.
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An atheocracy would be just as bad as a theocracy, however.
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The theocracy and atheocracy I was talking about were with respect to the affairs of state.
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An atheocracy would be just as bad as a theocracy, however.
herotuesday commented on the word atheocracy
Rule by atheists.
September 25, 2007