The foundation of American democracy is Judeo/Christian morality and the idea of a Creator, that's for sure.
I'm not sure a democracy can exist where there is no such system of moral belief. Russia, for instance, used to be Christian but 70 years of communism stamped out Judeo/Christian moral beliefs. Democracy sure isn't working there.
Many democratic countries that aren't very religious now still retain strong beliefs in right and wrong that come from their religious past. Modern European countries are like that.
The exceptions, I guess, would be India and Japan. They're both democracies without Judeo/Christian backgrounds. Maybe those two cultures have belief or behavior patterns of their own that make democracy possible?
I don't think the Muslim world will ever achieve democratic government. That's not a peaceful religion, it's based on killing - and with that underlying "morality", I think that's how power will always be held there.
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