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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
That makes sense if we happen to be living under the tyranny of the church right now. We aren't. There is no "tyranny void" to fill.
EDIT: Although if you are saying people will turn to something else, I agree and that it could be the corporate marketing empire or materialism. It probably already is. I don't see "tyranny" though.
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Tyranny is the system that has to artifically regulate that something(s) else in which everyone turns to. By having many different something elses as opposed to one belief system there are more interactions among people of competing belief systems in which necessitates a bunch more lowest common denominator laws to keep peace and order. Thus many areas of life that were previously free of worldly legal oversight now have a smattering of official rules and regulations. The lowest common denominator principle in creating these rules and regulations have effectively outlawed many practices that are not seen as acceptable by even the smallest minority of people. Ie Free Speech is clearly not acceptable in an Islamic belief system so therefore we have a Human Rights Tribunal protecting said belief system from criticism as it interacts with people from other belief systems.