If you really believe that God is all-powerful, then why does God need the power of our government?
The obvious answer is that it’s not God that’s trying to gain power. The religious right uses God to get power. Politicians use God to try to get power. Theocracy isn’t about God at all- it’s about humans scheming for power.
Personally, I’m not religious. But other people’s religion doesn’t bother me. As Thomas Jefferson said, “it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” I don’t mind if people say Merry Christmas or Happy Hannukha or whatever other religious holiday greeting they want to use. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, you can still have a good day on December 25, which is what the greeting “Merry Christmas” means. Being against theocracy does not mean pretending that religion does not exist.
Even if you believe that God wants people to act a certain way, and that everyone who does not behave that way will go to hell, it’s still no excuse to inject religion into government and force people to behave the way your religion wants them to. If you believe, for example, that all gay people will go to hell, why should you ban gay marriage? You should be perfectly content to leave everyone alone to live their lives the way they want to on earth, safe in the belief that when you die, you will go to heaven, and everyone who you believe is wrong won’t.
There are some religious people that I really admire. People who believe in God, and help others, and are tolerant. These people do not try to force their beliefs on others. Their faith is strong enough that it does not need the legislature to back it up. There are good and bad sides to religion, and it is almost always the bad sides that meddle in government. Theocracy gives religion a bad name.
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