The Atheist view of the world would have to disapprove on principle every regime that has a religious basis behind its “right” to rule. Such rule would by definition be discriminatory. That would leave out all the “Islamic” republics such as Iran as well as the Taliban in Afghanistan and indeed even the Saudi Arabian monarch. It would rule out all those states that base their rule of law on “Sharia Law”. An Atheist would also have to question the idea behind such nations as Israel which likes to equate the Jewish religion with the state of Israel so that antisemitism is the same as anti Israel. Then again all throughout the Western World when one goes to court one is asked to put your hand on the bible and sware to “tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God”. The motto of the United States is (since 1956) is “In God We Trust” which appears on the Dollar. Interesting that when the USA was founded the motto was E Pluribus unum or “Out of many one”.
Some Russians today believe Putin is a “Gift of God”. Some Americans believe the same is true about Donald Trump. Some religious types who admit Trump’s evils take the position that “God sometimes chooses people with obvious faults to work his will”. The great thing about religion is that you can bend it to prove just about anything you want. In that context we see Evangelicals who look for the “Rapture” – the return of Jesus once Israel of old is reestablished give support to the state of Israel. When asked what happens then to the Jews and everyone else who is not an Evangelical the answer is simply ‘oh they all die’.
For the last several thousand years religious history has come to accept the idea of One God is better than multiple gods. Yet the many thousands of years before – it was accepted there were many gods. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans etc etc. However, the idea has been perverted. In Christianity we have the “Son of God”, the Holy Ghost, Mary, the Saints, the Pope, the Devil so in effect humanity is once again reverting to the ancient practice of many gods. The same is true in the “monistic” religions of the East. I personally saw people line up to give money to a concrete Elephant to “bless” their business deal the next day.
For me, I can never understand why anyone would proclaim “Allahu akbar”’ when a child is saved from the rubble but his/her family all perished under the same rubble. Makes no sense. Also the idea of one God only means ALL things both good and bad have to be attributed to that one idea. Again, I dont get it. The biggest problem of the One God idea as opposed to the many gods of old is that if there is only one then opposing views must be wrong. Hence the India-Pakistan animosity, the Palestine-Israel issue and the past hostilities in Northern Ireland. At least with many gods one is more likely to accept someone else’s gods.
If “money” is the root of all evil, “religion” is not far behind.