Not a fan of totalitarian forms of government, personally.

All forms of human government fall short of God’s rule.

Worshiping power rather than virtue is pretty idiotic.

Agreed! But that's a false dichotomy in this instance, because King Jesus is not only omnipotent, but the only human king who is truly benevolent in his dealings with all who pledge their allegiance to him.

Can I choose both but remove “force” so I can still be involved politically? I don’t want to force anyone but I think a community or state should be able to freely choose to be a Christian state and name Jesus their king. Those citizens should also be free to stay or leave.

Yet he lets kids have bone cancer for some reason. Weird.

My wife and I lost our precious first grandson to cancer treatment. He died the day before his sixth birthday with us at his bedside. A few days before he passed, sensing my sorrow, he said "Don't be sad, Papa; Jesus is always with me." Hundreds of Jesus' contemporary followers observed his life, his execution, entombment, and his subsequent resurrection from the dead. Several of those witnesses recorded his promise to raise those allegiant to him on the last day. Because of this history, we rely on Jesus to keep his promise to do that, both for our grandson and for ourselves. I'm unaware of ANY other REMOTELY comparable guarantee from any other source, are you?

That's an amazing story .and at the time he said that he never heard of Jesus before?