Comment Re:Reconciling faith with science (Score 1) 305
The most scientific oriented government, both in policy and origin, is undoubtedly the modern democracies, created by men who were careful to study the flaws of the powerful, to account for them, and to allow for change should future generations gain more wisdom on the subject.
Which ones do you speak of? I think it could easily be argued that those modern democracies evolved in an environment that included religious value systems. Do you have any examples to the contrary?
The USA - all attempts by the Christian Fundamentalist Right to rewrite history notwithstanding.