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Quote by: HelioPrime  If a democratic government bases its constitution off certain "liberties" or "moral ideals" then enforces them nationally hasn't it become a theocracy? |
I would say the answer to your question is, no. A democracy does not claim divine authority. We are humans, and can only know of nature things. We do not believe supernatural beings talk to humans, giving them laws, or commandments, or make them pregnat, or otherwise possess their minds or bodies. What we can know is nature, but we can not know God, because we can not directly experience God, unless we hold all manifestation is God and then we call that nature. The important difference between democracy and theocracy is nature verses supernatural.