I have felt for a long time that the more fundamentally religious you are, the less you are on the side of democracy. For democracy requires compromise, a willingness to listen to other views, and admitting that you don’t have all the answers. None of those things describe people who are steeped in fundamentalist religions. Their views boil down to these two things: (1) they believe they know what the rules are, and (2) they don’t believe they are allowed to change the rules.