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

Likewise, this pantheon shouldn't be discriminatory, but generally unifying

The state can't be used as a symbol or tool for unification if the church exists in the totalitarian dystopias everyone in this server wants

Bible literally says you cant worship money and god

This indirectly implies that you cant worship the state and god

Right, but I don't really care about the bible?

Also, I'd want the state and church to be linked

I don't want a totalist dystopia, in fact, the religion should be lenient

I'm not referring to you specifically

We havent talked much

I'm talking about the broader spectrum of authoritarian fags

Fair

I'm sure I disagree with them on plenty of fronts

To be fair though

You kind of sound like one of those kids @Light

Howso?

@Asdrubal

Edgy 14 year olds

Atheist / has a butterfly knife / "Hitler was a socialist" / Lolbertarian / Monster snapback / #darkhumorandmemes #filthyfrank #911 #schoolshooter #cancer

Lolbertarianism is the same as anarchism

The rich will rule everyone and crime will be everywhere

@Gromp jews are the rich dufus