What church or religion doesn't use government to impose it's doctrines on others?
You should really avoid assuming what you are trying to prove.
The rise of republican and democratic institutions has forced the church to share more of it's power thereby weakening it's ability to compel strict adherence, but all we need is history to see how churches won't leave others alone when given the power of the state.
The irony is many religions were founded by people who were persecuted by the state and would be rolling in their graves to see what they spawned. Imagine what Jesus would think upon seeing the Inquisition committed in his name. Burn some witches in His name? Brilliant! These are the people Jesus was talking about when He will say the following words on Judgement Day, "I never knew you". But Jesus never told His followers to form a government and compel adherence, that is a mockery of true Christianity.
So IMO, Christianity died long ago - it was killed by the Romans when they made it the state's religion. If it lives on, it does so only on a personal level.
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