Let's imagine a nation with Christian values deeply embedded into every part of it - politics, government, economics, culture, etc.
Can a society such as this work? Charity would be extremely common. Killing would be absolutely forbidden (which would also mean no death sentences). The average citizen would try his best to follow the teachings of Christ.
How would such a nation survive in the modern world, or manage to keep exisiting at all?
Doesent America have some christian sect that basically acts literally how the bible tells them to?
>>382344
The Kingdom of Heaven is eternal.
>>382344
The Capetian dynasty of France stood for 1,000 years and was succeeded by another Christian dynasty.
>>382344
>Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
So, Old Testament counts. Bring on the slave grills
>>382344
Give it a century and you'll have 10 splinter factions claiming the mainstream version of Christanity is "wrong".
>Can a society such as this work?
No, it would be roughly like Saudi Arabia is now: a static society with little to no instability. Forcing everyone to think the same will mean that you create an artificial, pseudo-stable society where the intrinsic societal instability (groups of people disagreeing with your policies) wouldn't be resolved, but swept under the rug. That instability then builds up, until in cannot be contained by force anymore, resulting in a complete collapse of the system and possibly a civil war.
Your scenario is the exact reason why both the Soviet Union and Assad's Syria, although through completely different ways, resulted in roughly the same result. If you create an artificial homogeneous system, it rots from the inside and collapses
>>382344
This is silly though. The teachings of Jesus are so vague that it is ridiculous to even postulate about a society governed based on Christianity.
It isn't. A true Christian expects the apocalypse during his lifetime and outright doesn't give a flying shit about the material world.
render caesar unto caesar
>>382429
Except that's not true: Galatians 3:13, Galatians 3:23-25, Galatians 5:14, Hebrews 7:12, Hebrews 8:13, Romans 7:1-6, Romans 10:4
There's a reason Christians don't follow the law.
>>382344
>Killing would be absolutely forbidden (which would also mean no death sentences)
Why would you think that? Virtually all the laws of the old testament have the death penalty as punishment. God never forbids the death penalty ever.
>inb4 muh new covenant
That doesn't mean the old testament stops applying. You follow the ten commandments, don't you?
>>382344
>Killing would be absolutely forbidden
You can't just go on making up rules like that and saying they are Christian values.
Are you implying that Christians are not allowed to engage in self defence or warfare?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_the_Centurion
The last Christian died on the cross.
>>383135
>>383135
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>>383135
Jesus was a devout Jew. If he was actually still alive he would be horrified by Christianity.
>>382876
>old testament
The Christian commandments are not the Jewish commandments. They apply to all people Christians interact with, not just their own kind, as well.
>>382917
Did Jesus engage in self-defense when he was arrested, or did he pray for his enemies? Paul also makes it a relatively big point that physical death is only in appearances while spiritual death is eternal (and Jesus made a similar point: what kills you isn't what enters your body but what comes out of it).
Then there's the whole "give the other cheek" business.
>>383269
>The Christian commandments are not the Jewish commandments. They apply to all people Christians interact with, not just their own kind, as well.
I don't see how that matters at all considering OP is proposing a purely Christian society
>>383158
Thats like saying Luther was a devout Catholic
>>382344
>>382363
You can interpret the Bible any number of ways, so everyone is already acting exactly as the Bible tells them to. From the people who make that claim, and give all their money and time to charity, to the people who are making that claim, and pushing to remove welfare and shooting up planned parenthood clinics.
So it's perfectly sustainable, depending on how you want to read into it.
Same with nearly any religion with a gigantic book attached. Those books tend to be full of contradictions for a reason: adaptability. Adaptability being the primary reason these religions still exist.
Contradiction thus, isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it makes such claims rather inane.
>>383294
No it isn't. There is no evidence Jesus was trying to break away from Judaism, he just thought he was the Jewish messiah,
>>383346
That picture is interesting but also absolutely useless. Obviously the Bible is going to show many different versions of one event or definition, it is a collection of mostly unrelated texts written by different people over generations.
>>382344
"Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's" and "My kingdom is not of this Earth" are also Christian values.
A Christian theocracy is by definition bad Christianity.
