Religion and Democracy

Several days I posted this quote by an “Islamic Ideologue”.

Democracy is form of Polytheism.

Christians do not think about polytheism that much. Pluralism is probably a more common term.
America is a democracy, but how many gods does America have? Definitely more than one. That makes America polytheistic. The separation of church and state actually legitimises polytheism.

If democracy fosters polytheism, why are Christians not concerned?
One reason that many Moslems dislike democracy is that they see how it has undermined Christianity in America (with a large measure of immorality thrown in). They do not want the same to happen to their religion.

Looking at history, Moslems see that their religion did much better under the Caliphate. They also see that Christianity did better under the British empire. When Moslems see military force being used to establish democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan, they wonder what is the point of using force to advance democracy, if it will just undermine their religion. From their point of view, if you are going to use force, you might as well use it to re-establish the Caliphate, because at least that should protect their religion, rather than undermining it.

Most Americans believe that it is possible to have democracy and Christianity. However, the advocates of this view have to show that democracy does not destroy religion. There is plenty of evidence that Christianity can foster democracy. Unfortunately, looking at America, the evidence that democracy does not destroy religion is not very persuasive.

If democracy fosters polytheism and undermines religion, which one should people who value their religion choose? Many Americans seem to place a higher value on democracy. Moslems seem to be putting their religion.

See Political Polytheism.