Is Christian anarchism the only Christian political system there is?
Though shall not steal
Jaxon Allen
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Mason Diaz
Mutualism and voluntarism; and hierarchical orders will arise anyway…either from God’s order of Satan’s corruption and bad copies of it.
Josiah Martinez
Well according to Tolstoy, due to the Temptation of Christ that all the worlds governments are ruled by Satan and the only answer is Christian Anarchism.
Josiah Price
You can have a state without the income or property tax
mutualism is predicated on a rejection of private property, but private property is affirmed in the Bible
Brayden Bell
It's stealing to withhold from the king what God has given him
Mason Gray
What's the argument behind this?
Parker Howard
As long as I have parliamentary representation and I'm not being taxed out of house and home, I'm fine with it. Otherwise, I'm breaking out the tar and feathers.
Josiah Mitchell
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Jeremiah Turner
Remember the only righteous nation is a Theological fascistic one that combines the State with the Church.
Jacob Williams
God established nations with the ability to make objects their's, to not give them these objects which are their's it is theft
Charles King
It's still stealing though.
Kevin Torres
Yeah like the ones that executed anabaptists for following the bible?
Stay out of the US
Connor Brooks
Sorry m8, but materialism has gotten to you good.
Can you elaborate please
Carson Price
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You're right about tithing. Taxation comes with the threat of (state) force, but tithing didn't
Brayden Bennett
What denom does nothing?
Angel Roberts
Sounds like another assumption
Lincoln Powell
And Tolstoy's theology is anathema. What's your point?
Bentley Flores
Explain to me how taxation constitutes theft in a purely theological context (i.e. no secular ancap types). Because as far as I'm aware, no such claim is made within the scripture or any amount of patristic work.
Christ even acknowledges taxation into Caesar as legitimate, since the coinage was 'his'. Unless you're going to claim that any coinage without the seal and face of the Roman Emperor is illegitimate.
IIRC the Old Testament even describes the Davidic dynasty taxing citizens to feed the poor.
Justin Turner
Explaining the actual reasoning behind Christian Anarchism rather than this weird shaky argument this guy is making. The very basis of Christian Anarchism is the temptation of Christ nothing to do with Taxation being theft or anything like that.
Robert Jones
given that we share the reading that theft is wrong, and theft can be perpetrated by groups, the onus is on you to explain the ethical difference between robbery by gang and robbery by state
Jesus' "render unto caesar" is a classic misdirection to avoid entrapment by his pharisee opponents. They wanted to find a reason to use the state against him, but he points it back at them:
Oliver Powell
Taxation is not stealing, since slavery is not condemned.
Stop projecting your burgerness to Christianity.
Joshua Ramirez
are you saying that I'm actually a slave, and that makes it permissible?
What happens if I wasn't a slave? My constitution specifically forbids slavery
Parker Rivera
It's not thievery when it's a voluntary payment on my part for providing promised goods and services.