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A confessional state would be run by laypeople and thus would have to choose to be confessional. That's the question, should it?
I've not said anything about forcing people to be good. Actually obedience due to fear of Hell is meritorious, albeit less so, however I'll grant you that a person who obeyed God solely because it was socially acceptable would not be meritorious. However, many who would obey God if it were the socially acceptable thing to do, would not consciously be doing it for that reason. You're assuming that appeals to the authority of God are unreasonable, yet (for purposes of this thread) it is accepted as a premise that God exists.
First, no where in Christian tradition is it stated that conversion due to fear of Hell is insufficient, if it were insufficient then practically no one would be saved. Also, as in toed political confessionalism doesn't require, or even indicate, forced conversion.
This rests on the assumption that God expects us to care zilch about the welfare of our fellow man. And is completely contrary to the notion of evangelism.
Logical Fallacies» Begging the Question / Circular Reasoning
As noted, confessionalism does not entail forced conversions. So no one would be forced to choose to follow God, it would simply be easier to.
Do you really think that religious belief is stronger now than in medieval Europe? And Christianity did demonstrate it's ability to draw people without state favor (Ancient Rome), however note that practically as soon as they did so, they began, willingly, to receive the favors of the state, because it simply made sense that the state should support that which is true, just as individuals should.
No it wouldn't. If it did, you would think someone in the first millennium of Christianity would have noticed.
Not at all. If I were a Muslim in Malta or Lichtenstein or whoever would I have the same rights and privileges as a Christian? If not my human right to choose my religion freely is violated