Matthew's Journal

At the graduate discussion group this week, we were talking about the process of law-making. We discussed whether, as Christians, we should seek to make laws based upon Christianity (which might well be close to a theocracy). It's an interesting question, and I'm not sure I have a good answer. So, I'm hoping the following poll will inspire discussion.

I'm less interested in the practicalities here - I'm well aware that banning alcohol (for example) doesn't work in practice, but I'm interested in the theory.

For the following two questions, I'd like you to assume that Christianity states that murder and gambling are wrong. If you really can't stomach that assumption (or if you disagree with it sufficiently strongly), then fair enough; that will rather miss the point of the poll, though!

[Poll #859501]

If you have other comments on the subject, please fire away. I'd particulary like to know *why* you think what you do about the process of making laws.

ETA: I seem to be asking a lot of "why" questions in the comments; I'm not trying to be combatitive, but trying to understand your position...