To extent Hinduism and Buddhism aswell

It just enables a greater amount of people to feel connected in the same spiritual community

Sounds like tolerance for tolerance's sake.

Which is gay

Foreign religions should be banned

Tolerance for the sake of ensuring a larger base of individuals within a community

thus enhancing its capabilities

The main thing is ensuring said faiths are kept under the same umbrella tbh

said faith should be a tool of the state to efficiently rule

By tolerating say islam who are expanding the citizenry to? Foreigners! And it allows our own folk to be corrupted by foreign ideas. Now why would I want thay?

state mandated Islam doesn't sound that bad when you think about it

I mean

I'm not really for monotheistic faiths unless they can be syncretic, so

And yes, that includes Christianity

@Deli.v2 it sounds gay af

is your argument literally "homosex lol"

That wasn't an argument

Monotheism inherently weakens a state/culture tbh

How?

it reduces the power of any sovereign by placing a figure "above" them

that's only if you make the religion part of the government

or state

It doesn't reduce their power whatsoever as they could still have ultimate temporal power. In addition if the religion is state mandated usually the executive is viewed as god's servant or something

if the religion is its own entity then the sovereign remains the de facto ruler

Or operating "under the grace of" said de facto ruler

Ideally the sovereign should be the head of a cult within said pantheistic faith

and beyond that, a myriad of other gods/goddesses should exist to ensure continuity from one ruler to the next

Serving as a unifying force

Further, a pantheistic faith enables other pantheists to more effectively integrate if they desire to

I reckon there's other ways to promote national unity than forcing people into a cult but go off

Well sure, but it's another strengthening factor

and I don't mean cult in terms of the modern sense

but rather, a traditional sense

Think pharaohs, or the imperial cult of rome

The church in government will result in conflict between the secularist and church

Secularism can't quite be unifying or used as a tool of a state

It's a restricting, and imposes limits

Likewise, it'll result in conflict between the religious and the state in many cases

Do keep in mind I'm not advocating for civil liberties to be taken away on religious grounds

Agnosticism, atheism, and any religion should be allowed

But a greater emphasis upon the state's pantheon