This is not a theocracy. If people want to sin it’s between them and God.
There are so many levels to this, but it's always an interesting point;
- Ultimately everything's a Theocracy - rule by God - and we will all realize this some day.
- From there, there is delegated:
- Rule of self according to God's Standards which men fail miserably at. As one teacher I heard say, 'you want to rule the earth and you can't even rule your own little pile of dirt (body).' This is where rule over sin is to be taking place.
- Family rule (skipping for now but more rule over sin is to be taking place).
- Church rule. For the most part the organized Church is doing a terrible job at dealing with sin. There are supposed to be congregational judiciaries in place with mature and wise judges dealing with sins and problems within. What is called "Church" is a denominational, fractured mess. What denomination would any of us want ruling a nation? Take a look at the Bible discussion forums on this or other sites. The mess is front and center for anyone to see.
- National Gov't: How is it supposed to work as it is supposed to work when foundationally, the first 2 above, let alone the 3rd, are not working well? At some point we're going to run out of theories and ideological experiments and prove that we were never designed to be apart from the only Theocracy.
I think the problem with your last sentence is in defining "sin." At the end of the analysis, it's deviation from a standard. Biblically, of course, it's God's standard. But, nationally, apart from a theocracy (little "t") what is deviation when there is really little to no standard ? Even the Constitution is not the standard for the gov't we've had for some time now.
The problem for the nation is it has no real standard. When it had more of a national standard, not only did it function better than where we are now, but neighbors would take a stand and speak to neighbors who were out of line with the standard. I saw it taking place among men when I was a kid and I saw disorderly teen boys back down from a man that would approach them and put them in their place. It didn't take a cop and it was extremely rare for anyone to mouth off to an authoritative man let alone a cop and let alone attack one physically.
There is something very interesting taking place in the Trump leadership of the Republican party. IMO it's reaching out to be more inclusive and to put down some of the religious thumping that does not even rule it's own house well. Democracy is a numbers game and it's taking a very bright if not brilliant businessman to face this reality. He's also pushing some of the issues back to the states where neighbors can deal with neighbors and determine what their neighborhoods are going to be. We saw some of these people speak at the convention. I was intrigued. God has people everywhere and one of His can make amazing strides in a neighborhood and spread beyond from there. It goes right back to the above list. Foundations.
Interesting times IMO. MAGA is a reshaping and Trump IMO is attempting to do something that very well could be putting everyone in their place to varying degrees. The bullet he just faced may have also reshaped him and put him in his place to some degree. We'll see.
One thing for sure, again IMO, is that the current criminality (sin) in gov't needs to be dealt with as harshly as necessary to get rid of it and let it know it's not to try to come back. Then we need to know what our standards are and they need to be taught to kids. And the above list needs to be working to do its part. Anything outside the boundaries of those standards needs to be dealt with to keep such things at bay. Lawfulness. If a state becomes a safe harbor for things most other states determine to be unlawful, and if the standards are based upon the real Standards, we'll see how that state fairs...
It's vividly clear what Obama, Clinton, Biden, etc. want. It should be visibly clear that it took a Trump to bring their filth to the surface so it could be clearly seen. We have 2 choices now. The clear choice is Trump and prayers that he's wiser now than before. How can he not be? Then, what's our standard? Because "sin" is not just between someone and God. Sin affects neighbors and beyond.