Poets and song writers were considered blasphemous in the Soviet Union because they encouraged deep thinking and philosophy. Religious people encouraged religious freedom, which was considered blasphemous in the Soviet Union.

They were not considered blasphemers but traitors, dissidents.

Sure, technically bad governments have different methods of being bad, but that doesn't mean that your theocracies are worse than my Communists. In fact, if you want to go by numbers, the Atheist countries that were influenced by Marxism are actually worse (Stalin and Mao alone are far worse than all the Crusades combined).

How many thousands of years has the theocracy plundered the wealth and labour from the common man for itself? We know of at least 1500 years of Christian theocracy and pernacious influence. Even now mega-churches sell false promises and the Catholic church is as strong as ever despite having child molesters in its administration. How many billions of people have suffered at the hands of Islamic society for over 1200 years? How many have bean beaten, stoned, raped, flagellated, and made to serve obediently to a state church?

You can't compare that to state communism which has barely endured for almost a century.

The worst part of it is that religion is a belief system, which means that it guides the actions of people even if indirectly. If these states were not theocratic but fascist or atheist, there is a better chance that the people would depose the government eventually but in a theocracy they are constantly threatened by hellfire for stepping out of line.

The point is, to attack a tyrannical government based on the religion it follows is a cop-out for people who refuse to see that powerful governments are dangerous no matter what.

Religions are magnified by the authority they wield. A state religion is the pinnacle of this. A religion which has no respect for human rights and the human condition will show that when it has unlimited power. In the case of the catholic church this was made clear when it used its power to suppress dissenting ideas, to position itself above kings and to make them divinely appointed, and to squelch science. In the Islamic world, the church uses its power to abuse the people, regulating what they may see, segregating women, telling everybody how they may pray and what foods they may eat. It doesn't concern itself with uplifting its people but instead dominating them.

It's retarded to say that the Pakistani government is bad because it's a theocracy as opposed to saying it's bad because they're tyrants.

A theocracy is a region where the church has authority either greater than the state, or the law reflects the state religion. Because Islam has no respect for human liberty, and it is the state religion, that means the government must be tyrannical.

Theocracies can be bad, and I never want to live in one (especially since religion is retarded to me), but countries like Spain are theocracies that wouldn't be THAT bad...

Upon searching its constitution I could find no mention of theocratic elements. Perhaps you mean it was a theocracy a century ago.

Example of Pakistani Constitution:

Whereas sovereignty over the entire Universe belongs to Almighty Allah alone, and the authority to be exercised by the people of Pakistan within the limits prescribed by Him is a sacred trust;

And whereas it is the will of the people of Pakistan to establish an order :-

Wherein the State shall exercise its powers and authority through the chosen representatives of the people;

Wherein the principles of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance and social justice, as enunciated by Islam, shall be fully observed;

Wherein the Muslims shall be enabled to order their lives in the individual and collective spheres in accordance with the teachings and requirements of Islam as set out in the Holy Quran and Sunnah;

Wherein adequate provision shall be made for the minorities freely to profess and practise their religions and develop their cultures;

Wherein the territories now included in or in accession with Pakistan and such other territories as may hereafter be included in or accede to Pakistan shall form a Federation wherein the units will be autonomous with such boundaries and limitations on their powers and authority as may be prescribed;

Therein shall be guaranteed fundamental rights, including equality of status, of opportunity and before law, social, economic and political justice, and freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship and association, subject to law and public morality;

Wherein adequate provision shall be made to safeguard the legitimate interests of minorities and backward and depressed classes;

Wherein the independence of the judiciary shall be fully secured;

Wherein the integrity of the territories of the Federation, its independence and all its rights, including its sovereign rights on land, sea and air, shall be safeguarded;

So that the people of Pakistan may prosper and attain their rightful and honoured place amongst the nations of the World and make their full contribution towards international peace and progress and happiness of humanity :

Now, therefore, we, the people of Pakistan,

Cognisant of our responsibility before Almighty Allah and men;

Cognisant of the sacrifices made by the people in the cause of Pakistan;

Faithful to the declaration made by the Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah], that Pakistan would be a democratic State based on Islamic principles of social justice;

Dedicated to the preservation of democracy achieved by the unremitting struggle of the people against oppression and tyranny;

Inspired by the resolve to protect our national and political unity and solidarity by creating an egalitarian society through a new order;

Do hereby, through our representatives in the National Assembly, adopt, enact and give to ourselves, this Constitution.

they just have Public schools with bible studies (Christianity is a major part of the public sector in Spain. I don't blame them, since Christian Socialism is the fight against the Fascism they once had to deal with).

They are not as secular as we are.