WTF kind of garbage is that? You really want to make that argument? A theocracy? Really? Once again, without regulation, the church has no power in this country. ZERO!!!!! The only influence they exert is "through" the government. Are you really not getting this? Seriously?
Mav, think Church of England. It is why the pilgrims left, among other things. You presume the the church will not apply pressure at the state and local levels, mainly because of where you live. Outside of the cities, or in balkanized cities, the church has tremendous power. Why to you think I immediately knew Obama would have to walk back the Catholic thing? Church have much more power than you give credit, sir.
You can also kiss goodbye the power of corporations, lobbyists, the judiciary, the unions. Weaken Government power and all private enterprises have to answer to the market or the people. No more inside deals
You are not listening again Ron. In each example you just gave, the church got their power through the government. The church can do nothing on their own. Come on bruh. We have like 500 different religions in this country. We have thousands upon thousands of churches of which none of them even agree with each other. Come on bruh. If the government at the federal, state or local level does not give them any power, then they have no power. It's the same with our military and our corporations. All these entities are corrupted by the government!
How about you don't fucking attend? What the hell is so hard to understand about that choice available to you. Wow.
One word....Antitrust. Did they just make that up out of the clear blue sky? The power of money is still the power of money.
That is a specious argument. Without anyone keeping it in check, the church will then get its way by throwing its considerable and accumulated weight around. What is the sound of one invisible hand clapping?
Government starts at the local level, Mav. and in a town of 200 people it very much matters where or if one goes to church. Next thing you know, these little hovels form county governments, and so on. Do you seriously think Obama just picked Rev. Wright's church just because? They all but told him he can't work there if he does not join a church. I think you gather information in isolation, and that is not a good thing. Study the politics at the grass roots level of Chicago, and then tell me churches have no power that the government does not give, lol.
Nothing.....as of today, and that is because we live in a secular nation. Occupy, if you used religion and Antitrust in the same sentence and expected that to have some meaning, then the ability to communicate with you effectively is going to be limited. People who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.