Should faith and patriotism be mixed?

[ardenz]

No

 

[KarimK]

thus monarchs derive part of their "glory" from G!D (which is not the same thing as "divine right", incidentally)

How so? Does that mean that monarchs derive their glory from God but NOT the legitimacy of their power?


(oh and patriotism? I thought we were done with patriotism. Patriotism is evil.)