To preserve the constitutional republic, it must have built into it an element of divine, spiritual and moral goodness for the country to become virtuous and free, and to stay virtuous and free.
That which is moderate is good, so that is an essential ingredient in our political framework. For it to be and stay good, the moderate element must be prominent and in place. This moderate element was instituted by the Founding Fathers, known as separation of church and state.
The sacred, the church, must be kept separate from the state, the secular.
There can be no domination of faiths by the state as atheist communism.
The altar and the throne must be kept separate from one another. We do not want the dictator or king to unite with the pope or mullah to oppress and run the lives of the commoners.
We don't accept that a theocracy should dominate the state like the mullahs in Iran with their shariah law.
The citizens of the constitutional republic require the moderating secularism at work in the government--a bit of scents, secularism and materialism keep government free, wholesome and holy.
These citizens mostly will be believers--followers of benevolent deities--rational, intellectual believers. They will be of the world as well as of the other world. The immaterial and the sacred are part of their daily lives. Faith-based living and emotional connection to the Good Spirits are their constant sources of joy, comfort and support. Their lives as political creatures, in their civil society, balances the divine with the natural, the mysterious and unexplainable with the mundane and profane.
Their affinity to the sacred guides their faith and their secular lives as citizens.
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