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Citizen of Arizona
@cleaner4d4
I am a libertarian. I am advocating everyone enjoy maximum freedom on both personal and economic issues as long as they do not bring violence unto others.
Citizen of Arizona
@cleaner4d4
I am a libertarian. I am advocating everyone enjoy maximum freedom on both personal and economic issues as long as they do not bring violence unto others.
Citizen of Arizona
@cleaner4d4
I am a libertarian. I am advocating everyone enjoy maximum freedom on both personal and economic issues as long as they do not bring violence unto others.
There should be an arrow going from Christianity towards Libertarianism "Government cannot replace God and fix everything, government should be limited and individuals should love their neighbors, voluntarily lend a hand to those in need, and follow their own conscience."
The Darwinism side wants to keep certain people poor until they die out. Which is about how the left demonizes libertarians.
@William Tell
Except you actually need evidence for intelligent design to make the claim that your religion in particular is the ideal form of government for humanity because not everyone is going to except that notion in this day and age. Which is how the Alt Right took over.
Last edited by Lamp; 10-12-2017 at 05:35 PM.
Oh, I didn't say my religion was the ideal form of government. I said I believe in liberty because I am a Christian not because I'm an atheist. Think of liberty as a destination, we get there from different roads. A lot of the Alt-Right are neo-pagans anyway, so that's a destination people arrive at from different roads too.
Whether I am right or you are right is a different discussion.
Oh ok. Good on you then. I just wanted to point that out because most millenials are generally put off by arguments they feel are unsubstantiated which is largely how the Social Democratic Left succeeds in trying to demonize gun ownership and "supply side economics"
This just came to mind after reading a certain someone's thread.
“I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other.”
― Henry David Thoreau
Well, if it's just war it's defense. There are Statist and non-Statist ways to interpret Romans 13. Paul didn't intend it in a Statist way, and traditional Orthodox Christians don't think of it that way. (they were being murdered by the pagan regime way back in the day, after all-and Paul spent more time in prison than out himself)
It's true that it's not murder if it's a defensive war. But no such stipulation was mentioned when this was being discussed. The verses in Romans 13 can most easily be interpreted as submission to ALL authority. If this was not the case, then you would find in the passages some mentions of "just rulers" or "rulers who do good" but unfortunately you don't. It just says anyone who has power was placed in that position by god, so we should do whatever they say. Sounds like it was written by Caesar's scribe if you ask me
Last edited by Lamp; 10-12-2017 at 08:05 PM.
Pfizer Macht Frei!
Openly Straight Man, Danke, Awarded Top Rated Influencer. Community Standards Enforcer.
Quiz: Test Your "Income" Tax IQ!
Short Income Tax Video
The Income Tax Is An Excise, And Excise Taxes Are Privilege Taxes
The Federalist Papers, No. 15:
Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
I don't need to read some mental gymnastics to distort the meaning of what is very clear and to the point. I read the passage and I throw the book in the garbage, it's that simple. There's plenty of other reasons to do so, but for us libertarian minded folk, this one should be one of the most obvious.
Pfizer Macht Frei!
Openly Straight Man, Danke, Awarded Top Rated Influencer. Community Standards Enforcer.
Quiz: Test Your "Income" Tax IQ!
Short Income Tax Video
The Income Tax Is An Excise, And Excise Taxes Are Privilege Taxes
The Federalist Papers, No. 15:
Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
“I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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