[Vision2020] On being a Christian Libertarian

[nickgier at adelphia.net]

Greetings:

How is it that a person who rejects the term "libertarian" walks and talks like one and also quotes from libertarian writers?  As they say, "If the shoe fits, wear it," but if you are a Calvinist, you will have to check the law of contradiction at the door.  Read about basic inconsistencies in the Christian libertarian position at http://users.adelphia.net/nickgier/libchristian.htm.

J. I.  Packer, a conservative evangelical, has this to say on this topic: "Freedom is found only in subjection to God and His truth; and the more subject, the more free.  This is the biblical paradox of Christian liberty.  Man becomes free only in bondservice to Jesus Christ."  Isn't bondservice another word for slavery?  The true libertarian refuses to be a slave to anyone, even God.

I find it very interesting that the libertarians at Christ Church would love to have their Christian government control the moral lives of everyone under its control, and only propertied males would have a vote on who gets to control whom.

By the way, if people feel that they are slaves by being oppressed by government, they can vote libertarian.  The Libertarian Party runs candidates in all U. S. states. Slaves always choose their freedom, but most reasonable people around the world recognize the advantage of government roads, services, and regulation of a  sometimes irrationally exuberance free market.  For example, the collapse of the wild housing market will most likely lead the Bush economy into recession by the end of next year, making it even harder for a Republican to win in 2008.

Nick Gier
 
At 12:34 PM 12/4/2006 -0500, Heirdoug wrote:

"The founders of our nation were suspicious, if not contemptuous, of government... Today's Americans hold a different vision of government. It's one that says Congress has the right to do just about anything upon which it can secure a majority vote. Most of what Congress does fits the description of forcing one American to serve the purposes of another American. That description differs only in degree, but not in kind, from slavery. At least two-thirds of the federal budget represents forcing one American to serve the purposes of another. Younger workers are forced to pay for the prescriptions of older Americans; people who are not farmers are forced to serve those who are; nonpoor people are forced to serve poor people; and the general public is forced to serve corporations, college students and other special interests who have the ear of Congress... You say, 'Williams, don't you believe in helping your fellow man?' Yes, I do. I believe that reaching into one's own pockets to help his fellow man is both laudable and praiseworthy. Reaching into another's pockets to help his fellow man is despicable and worthy of condemnation. The bottom line: We love government because it enables us to accomplish things that if done privately would lead to arrest and imprisonment." —Waalter Williams I just wonder how Mr. Williams' description of slavery fits some of yours? lemeno, doug!