Criticism
Two major ideas against religious democracy could be recognized.
- From the Secularism point of view, the ideals of a democratic society and a secular state are unified. Therefore the firm principle of separation of religion and state is implicit such that without this separation there can be no freedom from tyranny. Absolute sovereignty of the people dominates in this idea. Religion should be set aside from the working of government in order to establish democracy and freedom.
- From the Legalism point of view, democracy can never enjoy a general acceptance in a religious society. Anything outside of the rigid, but pervasive, interpretation of the religious texts is rejected and the absolute sovereignty of God prevails such that there is no role for the sovereignty of people. The less freedom a society enjoys, the stronger religion will be.
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