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From: andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Life in a Judeo-Christian State
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Date: Thu, 6-Oct-83 13:55:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  6 13:55:11 1983
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Science fiction is good at presenting possible future scenarios.  There
is a book by Robert Heinlein presenting a plausible future world in
which the fundamentalists have come into control.  The title gets
changed every decade or so; the last such seems to be "Revolt in 2100"
(because the plot revolves around the revolutionary underground which
wants to restore a non-sectarian government).

This novel is part of Heinlein's "Future History Series", and so can
also be found in his megabook, currently titled "The Past Through
Tomorrow", available in paperback as a single (thick!) volume.

Another future theocracy is presented in "Gather Darkness" by Fritz
Leiber.  An enjoyable read, but not as relevant to this discussion
since the state religion is not based on Christianity.

  -- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)  [UUCP]
                       (andrew.tektronix@rand-relay)     [ARPA]