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19. Excellent post!

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 01:02 PM

Feb 2019

With exception of one little quibble I have there at the last: "the state is worshiped above all."
Is it really now? Not by all of us.

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What religious Governments today are not repressive? [View all] edhopper Feb 2019 OP

Clearly not HopeAgain Feb 2019 #1

UK? N/t wryter2000 Feb 2019 #2

The UK might have an official church edhopper Feb 2019 #3

Technicalities. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #6

The UK in name only edhopper Feb 2019 #7

It is now, but it got there in stages. marylandblue Feb 2019 #12

Theoretically possible edhopper Feb 2019 #14

It's all relative. Western governments are straining today marylandblue Feb 2019 #15

Good points edhopper Feb 2019 #16

I think India would have something to say about that Lordquinton Mar 2019 #24

All liberal democracies have been imperialistic marylandblue Mar 2019 #29

That may be Lordquinton Mar 2019 #31

England went through a prolonged religious Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #28

US politicians also have to pretend to be religious marylandblue Mar 2019 #30

akihito is technically head of state rampartc Feb 2019 #5

I would hesitate to call Japan tolerant. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #9

true rampartc Feb 2019 #11

Japanese government today is not repressive. marylandblue Feb 2019 #13

Here is a map and a list with a very limited view Mariana Feb 2019 #8

The problem with this organization's map edhopper Feb 2019 #10

It's so hard to be Christian Lordquinton Mar 2019 #25

Where religion and government are entangled, MineralMan Feb 2019 #17

This has been a good exercise. trotsky Feb 2019 #18

Excellent post! Duppers Feb 2019 #19

Well certainly not by most of us here. :) trotsky Feb 2019 #20

When it comes to nationalism... Duppers Feb 2019 #21

When a state is merged with an ideology, Igel Feb 2019 #22

And yet theocratic states have a higher tendency to be repressive. trotsky Mar 2019 #23

Bhutan prohibits non Buddhist missionary bullshit. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #27