Looking back on the politics of the past few decades I have seen a lot of desire on the part of the right and the left to coerce, control and legislate everything. If it moves tax it, make a law about it and challenge it in court. Better yet, sue it! It is so out of control it is amazing to me that people haven't noticed this before, especially christian believers. Personal responsibility has gone out the window. Personal freedom is not far behind. Everyone wants to control everyone else and you must agree with and tolerate everyone else's choices and beliefs. You are not allowed to disagree or have an oposing opinion. I threw a plastic bottle away the other day and the eco-police jumped all over me. I was being a bad comrad apparently. Yes, I should recycle, but chill out already.
If Christ died for our liberty who are we to try and control everyone else? Is our time better spent showing the love of Christ to others and if they are willing leading them to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ so the the Holy Spirit may do the work of truth, healing and maturation in their lives? Or do we need congress for that? Can not God bring change in a person's life or do we need to legislate it? Is this not law, the very thing Christ fulfilled in His death on the cross? Does personal conviction come from the Holy Spirit or from a court room? You can convict someone of a crime and send them to jail, but you can not force them to believe as you do. Real change is of the heart and the work of the Holy Spirit, not from coercion.
We do need laws, but only to protect life and our liberty. The role of government should be very limited. What about Abortion you ask? This is where I would differ with my fellow libertarians, but not really if the issue is closely examined. Abortion is the removal and murder of an unborn child. The libertarian, who actually believes and lives by the libertarian philosophy, will adhere to the following; No person has the right to initiate violence on another person. Abortion is violence and murder. The rights of the unborn child do need to be protected, just as any other human being. Don't give me the excuse that it is just a fetus and not a person. Really, stop with the rationalizing. Fetus is a Latin word meaning “young child” or “young one.” It does not mean piece of throbbing flesh in the uterus. I actually had someone tell me that when I lost my first child, "it was just a piece of flesh", they meant it in a comforting way, ok, but my heart knew differently. Someone had died and I was very painfully aware of my loss. So libertarians, lets protect the right to life and liberty of our "young ones" as any other citizen.
Coercion is the use of force or threat to bring about an act or choice. You see many on the right and much more on the left using coercive methods such as taxation, licensing, prohibation, eminent domain and price controls to force people to comply with their agendas. This was not as our founding fathers intended and goes against the very grain of our priciples as a nation.
The constitution used priciples rooted in Biblical truth. That Biblical truth brought about freedom in the deepest sense of the word. It is and has been the most unique and successful form of government ever employed. Don't fool yourself into thinking that our government still functions in that manner however. We have steadily and quietly been moving from that pure form of government from the turn of the century.
Socialism has a right and a left leg and though that right leg has been dragging a bit, it is steadily making ground in our country. As christians and libertarians we have been called to a unique position in society. We are to communicate respect towards our fellow human beings and at the same time love others as Christ did so that they may understand the vastness of God's love for them. This is where the rubber meets the road folks.
Christian Libertarianism
http://www.lewrockwell.com/yates/yates87.html
Interesting reading about the faith of our founding fathers:
http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBprinterfriendly.asp?id=8755
On Socialism:
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/009/socialism.htm
On Tolerance:
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/007/tolerance.htm
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