God said so. Now what?

I listened to a Triggernometry podcast episode recently featuring Andrew Wilson, a right wing debater who argued against democracy and in favor of a kind of soft Christian theocracy—essentially where Christian doctrine guides the political role of the government. His justifications ranged from scripture and the supposed flourishing of Christian societies above others to, in his own words, the fact that he simply “feels like it.”

That last phrase is worth sitting with. Feels like it. Because it reveals the core problem—not just with Wilson’s worldview, but with a whole category of lawmaking that has shaped societies throughout history. When the justification for a law is belief, instinct, or divine authority, there’s nowhere to go. You can’t argue with it. You can’t test it. You can’t persuade someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.

And that, more than anything, is what makes it dangerous.

The Problem With "God Said So"

Wilson made one point worth taking seriously: rights only exis…