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Out of interest, what is the comparison between a constitution and a religious book, like the bible or Koran? Im not saying there are no differences, but I see
by alan_cx 14y ago
Out of interest, what is the comparison between a constitution and a religious book, like the bible or Koran?
Im not saying there are no differences, but I see a lot of parallels, and I see lot of the same down sides or mistakes. US folk do seem to worship and argue the meaning of the constitution like people do with religious texts.
If the parallel works, the main issue I see is that religious groups and US citizens do seem to waste time and become paralysed by arguing meaning and intent, while action gets neglected. Again, from an out side POV, it look like the US constitution makes the US its self politically seize up, while US international policy seems wild and uncontrolled. My out side assumption is that the US constitution says a lot about internal politics, but nothing controls or governs its foreign policy. And, in that respect, may I suggest the adoption of Star Trek's Prime Directive as a start?
Lastly, does any one see a time when the US gets divided over how the constitution is interpreted? Will we see fundamental constitutionalists? Will we see something like a Catholic / Anglican split? Or different groups following different interpretations like with Islam? It seems that the right in the US is fairly constitutionally fundamental, could the extremes of them, with all their guns, become insurgents or terrorists to try to enforce their notion of the constitution? It seems to me, that the constitution actually allows for that. I mean, they do seem to see the centre right, or what the US might call the democrat left, as an internal threat to the US and its constitution. OK, perhaps laughable now, but what if this nasty vicious election process continues to get worse and worse? What if people begin to believe the lies? At what point might that tip over in to a violence the authorities can and wont suppress? Could US troops really fire on US citizens fighting for the constitution?
Just a New Years Day thought......