podcast – Christian Anarchy Podcast

The Bible never explicitly concludes that Christians should support an anarchist society. I’m crying right now just thinking about it. Still, there are some pretty good reasons to think perhaps we should reject coercion as a means of social organization.

More detailed arguments mentioned in the podcast:

People shouldn’t rule over other people.

Violent rulers were destroying the world.

The parable of the bramble

God never wanted Israel to have a king

The best king of Israel

Satan rules the kingdoms of the earth

Jesus’ Kingdom is different than the kingdoms of the world.

A well reasoned biblical justification for slavery and polygamy.

Can you complain about government if you don’t vote? If you do vote are you legitimizing the system? *shoulder shrug*

What does an anarchist think about legal/illegal immigration? Well, I can’t speak for all anarchists, but that’s pretty much exactly what I do in this episode.

I address the question I have about why anarchy isn’t yet very widespread, despite being ethical and rational compared to the support of government rulers.

God made a world where people were free to make moral and amoral choices, government severely limits both. They even force people to support actions they believe are evil, taking from individuals the ability to freely exercise their conscience.

If Jesus doesn’t use violent coercion to force people to follow Him and succumb to His will, should we use violent coercion to force people to succumb to our will? Probably not.

An analysis of many of the scriptures which talk about Satan being the ruler of the whole world coupled with interpretations of Scriptures which show Satan rules the world through governments.

One of the most common arguments one receives to justify the aggression of the State is the statement: If you don’t like it, you can leave. This episode shows how such a statement is an insufficient justification of the initiation of violence by the government.

Most of last episode was spent deconstructing Romans 13 to show it is not necessary to read the text and then conclude government is God-given, necessary, good, and an organization which should always be obeyed. In this episode I go through the text a few verses at a time pointing out some of what it does mean and what sorts of conclusions we can come to based on it. I also do some deconstructing again. I am an anarchist after all, I can’t help myself.