Anybody beside me see parallels between Christianity and a police state?
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(1) Kim il Sung, Hitler, Stalin, and dictators in general will reward you or punish you for your political belief, regardless of your character or behavior.
Christians in effect claim that Jesus will reward you or punish you for your religious belief, regardless of your character or behavior.
(2) Another parallel is the threat of torture.
Dictators usually threaten political dissidents with torture in prison, Jesus supposedly threatens unbelievers with eternal torture.
(See Mark 16:16)
Question: Anybody else see parallels between Christian doctrine and a regular police state or dictatorship?
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They are not just similar; they are the same thing. The only danger facing America today is is its own inclination to theocracy.