It's amazing that people reflexively denounce theonomy when it is a conservative worldview that simply says men should abide by the moral laws of the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Theonomy simply acknowledges there is God's law...and then there's everything else. And this is the point where the debate ought to begin.
The people yelling the loudest here are those who see the world in shades of gray.
It's amazing that people reflexively denounce theonomy when it is a conservative worldview that simply says men should abide by the moral laws of the Old Testament and the New Testament.If you kill your child for being disrespectful, you will go to jail. That is the law, and it will not be changed. This is not a theocracy.
Just because you believe in the Bible doesn't mean that is "God's Law."
It is your faith, not mine. And the laws of your faith will not rule over me. Nor will sharia law.