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Originally Posted by drunken monkey
and another question,
if one of the defining aspects of America is Democracy and Democratic right, how does Christianity fit into being American if there are things where decisions may be made simply because "the Bible says so"?
Logic says that while occasionally, there may be issues that the majority do indeed match with the religious (or perhaps more accurately, one religious) perspective, there will be cases where it doesn't.
in other words, doesn't religion defy democracy?
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If you look at the Christian Church in the new testament, it was run very democratically. Decisions were brought before the wholw congregation.
What Christianity and the Bible does is gives a set of pirameters to allow a democracy to run effectivly.
As was stated, not all our laws are taken directly from the Bible, especially one that go against the Bible, like abortion.
But "thou shall not steal, kill, commit adultery" etc. are very much a part of our system of law in our democracy.
Without abiding by these rules a democracy breaks down.