Ethicist Russell Moore has urged people to always remember how terrible theocracies are, given the ongoing protests in Iran against the hardline Islamic government, and noted that Jesus warned about those claiming messianic authority.
“Theocracies are awful and abusive, not only because they oppress human beings but because they also blaspheme God,” Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, wrote Monday on his website.
Moore wrote about the unrest in Iran, where thousands of Iranians have been taking the streets in protest of rampant corruption, leading to at least 21 people killed and hundreds more arrested, noting that some Christians might be confused over what is happening.
“These wondering Christians likely recognize that Iran’s authoritarian Islamic regime is wrong, yet they might wonder why we would use the word ‘theocracy’ pejoratively. After all, the word simply means ‘rule by God.’ Shouldn’t we aspire, they might ask, to just that: governments ruled by God?” he positioned of what some may be…
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