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Tue 4 Dec, 2012 01:11 pm
Catholic Anglican Monarchy
That the UK has a monarch might seem to indicate we are not a democracy. But in theory the monarch should not interfere in politics or government, although we can assume comments are made. As previously suggested we in fact have a hereditary president - of sorts.
But the question now arises regarding reform to the Act of Settlement. The first born will now become monarch, in succession, with gender equality.
Equality is an ethical value that can only relate to matters of ethical irrelevance. Practically a male or female can serve equally as monarch. If there were any ethical difference in gender that equality would not apply.
A monarch can now, it seems, marry a Roman Catholic, while not being so him or herself - as head of the Anglican church.
Should not there be equality for religion?
The idea is totally absurd, other than in Anarchist societies or states.
We have to determine if a religion is acceptable in altruistic democracy.
The central question regarding the RC church, is the status of the Pope. Any one of them might be charming. But the more or Churches are unified, the less debate there will be, and the more authoritarian the church may become. Compounded by the fact that the Pope as an institution is vested with more than normal human authority [real authority is in values not people]. Democracy is not an electoral contest between dictators.
A genuine democracy cannot have anything approaching infallibility, or divinely created authority at its centre.
@RW Standing,
Jesus himself warned that there will be those that rise up in his name and will lead many away.
Division in churches was to be expected, religion is not a democracy, rather a monarchy with serious PR issues. Internal harmony will never be acheived in churches as long as man allows the standards of the world we live in to dictate their interpretation of Gods standards