Constitutional Republic v. Theocracy, Dare I Say Becomes All of Our Business

Normally I do not willingly encroach into this dynamic of our society, leaving that to those of you who are much more acquainted with this very emotional facet of our lives than I. However, when the spokespeople, or influential spokesperson, not so subtly advocates for changing the form of our government to specifically give control and power over everybody's lives to one group of people, I dare say that becomes all of our business. That is religion, specifically in this case Catholicism, and I would like to know what you think about it.

This particular individual's name is Michael Voris, and he is the president and founder of St. Michael’s Media. Michael is a 49 year old graduate of Notre Dame, and he trained in theology at the doctrinally-sound St. Joseph’s Seminary in New York, but in April of 2009, he received his Sacred Theology Baccalaureate (STB) from Sacred Heart Major Seminary/Angelicum in Rome – Magna Cum Laude.

Michael has worked as a CBS affiliate anchor, and as a producer and reporter in various markets, winning multiple Emmys for his work in broadcast news. Through his Catholic television show, The One True Faith, and his collaboration with www.realcatholictv.com, Michael is advocating for a change in our constitutional republic, to a theocracy. I have posted his You Tube video at the end of this post so you can determine for yourself whether or not this is the type of rhetoric that presents a danger to our society.

A theocracy you may think might be a good idea, and Mr.Voris makes it sound very appealing. If you are religiously inclined, and feel as many of you do, that religion is a very important ingredient for a moral society, and may be lacking in American society today, you may be tempted to jump on this theocratic bandwagon. I urge you however, to think long and hard before accepting this premise, because ultimately your personal religion may not be one that is selected to survive the elimination process.

Now I am not going to pretend that religion is not a major influence in American society, because clearly you are presented with this reality in everything you do and everywhere you go. The difference however, in the first two centuries of the United States, as opposed to other religion dominated societies, is that we have been granted in our constitution the freedom to practice the religion that each of us individually choose, up to and including the right to not believe in a particular deity at all if we so wish.

Religion has been, and will continue to be a belief system held by many throughout the world to help answer long sought after questions about the human condition and our place in nature. It has helped relieve the stress and calm the fears of an uncertain world and satisfactorily answers the question for many of what to expect after the inevitable termination of life as we know it.

To remove our ability to be free to pursue our individual interpretations of what is necessary to achieve this purpose, and replace it with a singular totalinariast belief system, which is similarly practiced in many other regions of the world, denying many sectors of their population the right to the freedom of equality, would be a ghastly reversal of fortune for Americans, and in my estimation intolerable.