What Does Theocracy REALLY Mean?

Check out this great essay by Tim Bloedow:

For some reason, almost everyone who thinks Christian theocracy also thinks stoning of homosexuals as though the two are synonymous. Ms. McDonald pulled this stunt in her book with an unnecessary reference to the late Reconstructionist/theonomic/theocratic leader, Roussas J. Rushdoony. She’s hardly alone in doing so.

Talk about a great way to shut down legitimate debate on Christian theocracy! That’s what sophisticated, 21st Century intellectuals do, I guess. It must make them feel important.

Let’s put some perspective on the childish antics people use when they don’t have an argument.

The Bible bans murder, says it should even be a criminal offence. And historically, our laws came from a Judeo-Christian context. I guess we need to repeal Canada’s ban on murder in order to keep Canada from returning to a Christian theocratic form of government.

Stealing is also against the law, well, unless the government is doing it. It’s also against God’s law. Thou shalt not steal. We have to eliminate that vestige of theocracy by repealing all laws against stealing.

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Well, that's exactly what they did with the institution of marriage, isn't it? Traditional institution of marriage was denounced as "theocratic" and anyone daring to speak out against equating biologically abnormal relationships with an actual marriage between a man and a woman, was quickly reminded of the "separation of church and state".

Well, how about separating secular humanist manifesto from state? How about separating the cult of Gaia worshiping from state? Or how about separating the blind faith in socialism, multiculturalism and all that other leftie nonsense that has never worked from state?

This reveals a very interesting characteristic of the Left. Even though it generally parades under the banner of atheism or “anti-religion,” the Left is profoundly and hopelessly religious to the core. It is deeply irrational when it comes to belief in its proposed messiahs. I say “religious,” but the word that properly describes it would probably rather be “superstitious.”

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So, if these guys are allowed to bring their faith to the public square - Christians too should have that right.

God’s law and Christian governance are not approaches to law and politics designed only for Christians. Principles of general equity such as “equality before the law” and “the rule of law” are Christian principles. “Pluralistic” Christians, in trying to grapple with the fact of Christianity’s commitment to principles of general equity have gone off track by treating general equity as synonymous with modern notions of pluralism, multiculturalism and tolerance. As a result, they have also diluted God’s law with non-Christian ideas that superficially appear to be consistent and pluralistic. In many case, however, the longer term results have been the very opposite. Today some of these people provide moral cover for big government trends, censorship agendas and stifling bureaucracy, all of which compete with a genuine understanding of the dignity of man and with a clear vision of the Lordship of Christ.

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Somehow, this vision of Christian governance turns out to be a lot more reasonable, a lot more fact-based, than the vision of secularist/environmentalist/socialist governance touted by the left.