Let's imagine a culture where nationalism and patriotism are both subordinate to faith, where allegiance to an imagined deity and obedience to an iron age code are cruelly enforced, where any democratically enacted laws may be ignored and where any alternative belief system is suppressed.

Would this be preferable?

Coming soon to a free country near you, in fact it's here now, just not yet completely dominant.

Be careful what you wish for.

Alan