Sentences with phrase «case in theocracies»
He is mixing politics with politics as is the case in theocracies a la Iranian.
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... and as for atheists / agnostics commenting on religious matters, it is important since uncontrolled religion can lead to various levels of theocracy (e.g. Iran in the extreme case) which obviously would be detrimental to all of us.
Case in point: largely secular government = USA, theocracy = Iran.
It's basically a «field manual» for the management and application of a system, in this case a theocracy.
For in that case, the central authoritative figure has too much power and we would become a theocracy.
The theocracies found in Iran and Saudi Arabia, where the clerics play a major role in government (or have the final say on any government action in the case of Iran), tend to be the exception, rather than the rule.
(This assumes we're using theocracy in the broad sense in both cases, and not taking about strict rule by religious authorities, whereby only a few countries, such as Iran, qualify).