I pulled this from an article of mine. I'm sure it has been said before in different words, but I can produce no sources other than simple Bible quotes. I don't plan to get heavily involved in your debate but only hope that the following adds to your discussion the gravity that I personally think is involved in such a topic.
For the record, I am not an advocate of theocracy... That is just not possible in this world. I only think that 'that kingdom' is at the heart of our ideal when we impose law on ourselves. I don't think law changes people. It's only function to me is to show a person his true state of being in comparison to 'the ideal', which is implicitly 'perfect'.
...Laws themselves are not necessarily absolute, but the 'ideal' of law is by implication. Every political statement has at its foundation, a moral and therefore theological foundation in a claim to a righteous sovereignty. They are assumed to be forcibly 'Right and true'. So it is inevitable, that the idea of church and state being separate is as preposterous logically as the idea of separating an atom from its nucleus. You can do it, but at the expense of wholeness.
If the state is not founded in God (or even a presumed God as is the case at times), then the state has imposed itself as God by writing law. In the same way, if a man is free and not founded in God, then that man has imposed himself as God over his own life. The Church can fall into this same malaise and all of these have happened at one time or another, and all will continue to happen within their respective times and temples.
That is probably far too prephetic in character for most of you...
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