Can we have a secular democratic government when most of the country is religious, and tends to vote according to religious bias? It's a serious question. I don't want to start any immature arguments, I'm looking for serious consideration of this topic please.
We need to get back to a small government republic, and we need to have separation of church and state. A candidate's religion or lack thereof does not factor into my vote either way, unless they show clear signs that they are a radical muslim who wants to kill off those who disagree with their own radical beliefs. I would have to vote against such a radical candidate. And I think that more and more people these days vote for other reasons besides religion.
Here's my serious consideration of your topic. I'm not sure what country you're talking about, but the U.S. has been turning more and more from religion for about four decades now, so I'm probably not qualified to answer. And... well again, can't speak on it more because I don't know the area you're asking about, but here in America, if people would vote according to their religious bias, we'd have a completely different leadership, I think. So.... just tell us where you're asking about and I can answer better. I think some of the South American countries are still very religious (Catholic)... not sure where else it has remained strong.
Yes, definitely. But before long, the whole country will only consist of people from one religion, which would be the major religion. The basis being that the majority religion gets to make all the choices, the minority feels neglected and move out of the country. Leaving them with a single-religion democratic country where most of the laws would be based off the rules of their official religion.
Religion and politics should not be a part of each other, in my opinion. But, throughout history they have been intertwined with one another. Man and his lust for power has polluted the church who has no business being involved in politics on that level. Government should be left to the politicians and the people. Throughtout history it jas not been the case. Religious officials have often used their positions to influence the politicians and, force thier beliefs on the people of each realm. This is a shame. Our church leaders should lead the church and, while they should advise the politicians they should still keep it in that prospective. Not taking advantage of thier great office and, allowing the people to worship and live as free people.
It's not possible. As you said in your post most of the country is very religious and tend to vote on some issues according to their religious beliefs. I wouldn't mind a government that focus only on the issues without injecting religion into the picture. I am a very spiritual person but I don't use such beliefs when it comes time to vote on various economic/social issues. Many politicians use religion as a tool for votes to get people to vote on emotion rather than facts.
No, this mix has a dangerous potential. Religion and Politics have both malevolent purposes, and unifying them would just worsen the things more than they are already.
If most of the country is religious then it is going to be difficult to have a secular democracy,especially if they vote based on religion, it would be difficult, unless the two are completely seperated.
