What is the Divine Right Theory?

Question

And the Evolutionary Theory?

Answer 1

The Divine Right Theory is not a theory as we understand scientific theories becuase it does not hinge upon any hypothesis which can be tested. With that The Divine Right Theory, also well known as divine right of kings, is the doctrine that states the right of rules in a monarch (one ruler) is developed directly from God and is only accountable to God because God created the state. Also that God had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule, without consent of the people. Which in simpler terms means if your father was the king and he had passed away, the throne automatically goes to you and no one can take it away. It doesn't matter if you have something mentally wrong with you or that you are not capable of handling a job like this, you are born in royalty and have power amongst the people. These people are bound to obey their ruler as they would God, even if you are or are not fit for the throne.  

Answer 2

divine right:

the theory that political leaders were appointed by God to rule, and have the right to rule.

evolutionary:

government evolved over time and the ruling families created the government and kept it in the family

Answer 3

In ancient Chinese culture, the emperor had the mandate of heaven to rule, much like Feudal Europe's Divine Right Kingships.  However, when there was chaos in the land, huge earthquakes, floods, famines, widespread discontent, it was seen as Heaven withdrawing the mandate from the Ruling family and requesting a change in Dynasty.

Now I don't truck much with any of that, but if I did, I'd say the Bush Family has definitely lost the Mandate of Heaven to rule.

For an evolutionary theory of government, I think you'd be better off looking for the enlightenment writers (many of whom were founding fathers of the US) and seeing what they had to say about history and social contracts.

Answer 4

Divine right: the theory that rulers were somehow appointed by god to their positions of power.  False; god is a fiction.

Evolution: the theory that current life forms have arisen by gradual modification of earlier forms.  True: a proven fact.

Answer 5

It is the theory that is not divine left, or central.

Answer 6

Divine right theory is that the idea that since God made a child be born 1st from his/her royal parents and not 2nd or whatever from his brothers, then has the right to have absolute power because God has chosen him to be king. The evolutionary Theory is to long to explain and I' am very lazy right now >.<

Answer 7

The Divine Right Theory is not a theory as we understand scientific theories becuase it does not hinge upon any hypothesis which can be tested. With that The Divine Right Theory, also well known as divine right of kings, is the doctrine that states the right of rules in a monarch (one ruler) is developed directly from God and is only accountable to God because God created the state. Also that God had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule, without consent of the people. Which in simpler terms means if your father was the king and he had passed away, the throne automatically goes to you and no one can take it away. It doesn't matter if you have something mentally wrong with you or that you are not capable of handling a job like this, you are born in royalty and have power amongst the people. These people are bound to obey their ruler as they would God, even if you are or are not fit for the throne.

The Divine Right Theory is the belief that God gave Kings the right to rule.

Evolutionary:It means that people think we came from apes and just shifted forms until we became this(human)

Answer 8

One has nothing to do with the other.

Answer 9

Divine Right was the authority that feudal lords assumed, based on the teachings of the Bible. The Bible says to obey the laws of those that God has placed over you. Rulers used that as a mandate to treat their subjects as they saw fit. That wasn't the purpose of that passage of scripture, but they read it as that.