William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: "For most of my life, American Christians were cheerleaders for democracy. That’s ...
"For most of my life, American Christians were cheerleaders for democracy. That’s when we were in charge of the democracy.
Today, oddly, many conservative Christians no longer believe in or support democracy. They seem to favor a kind of theocracy or autocracy — so long as they have control. Anything they can’t control is called communism or Marxism, whether it really is or not."
~ Mark Wingfield
#democracy #Christians #theocracy #autocracy #pluralism
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https://baptistnews.com/article/the-christian-case-for-democracy/
Today, oddly, many conservative Christians no longer believe in or support democracy. They seem to favor a kind of theocracy or autocracy — so long as they have control. Anything they can’t control is called communism or Marxism, whether it really is or not."
~ Mark Wingfield
#democracy #Christians #theocracy #autocracy #pluralism
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https://baptistnews.com/article/the-christian-case-for-democracy/