Exodus 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.
In the Taliban/s version of theocracy, you either obey their voice and their commands, or you are beaten into submission, or worse yet you’re hanged or executed in public. And there are certain countries where you cannot preach Jesus, without very serious risk to life and property, and there are other countries where it is forbidden to read the Bible, or proselytize.
But here in America people of different persuasions could endeavor to convert others to their particular creed, and many in so doing have had success. This is all going to change in the not to distant future but we will deal with that aspect later. Again, the freedom of speech is a major pillar of our democracy, because it allows persons to speak truth or to speak lies, once lies aren’t spoken to the Feds, courts, or under oath by some judicial body.
Democracy also grants to commentators, and news anchors freedoms to heckle, taunt, and say things about the government, which, in other countries, will be met with very stiff penalties, or even death. There are journalists who are now languishing in the prisons of countries ruled by dictators who engage a man-made form of theocracy, and wherever anyone dares to oppose the government, or the dear leader in certain places, they go missing or are abducted, or are punished for walking contrary to the theocracy.
Daniel 1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!