[PatrickHenry]

Do you imagine that the only dogmatists/dictators in human history have been of the "theocratical type"? If so, how do you explain the "usual suspects" -- the Lenins, the Stalins, the Hitlers, et al.?

You're right, BB. Dictators of non-theological systems would also try to control the philosophical views of their people. I was thinking of recent events involving the taliban, and of much older events involving the inquisition, but of course the range of totalitarian disctatorships is far wider than that, and almost all of them would want to control how the people think.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the clarification! IMHO, religious freedom cannot exist with a dictatorship because such people will not accept the absolute authority of the state.