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Jesus Is an Anarchist

Discussion in 'General Political Discussion' started by James Redford, Jan 21, 2015.

  1. Albion

    Albion Facilitator

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    No, we don't. We follow a special, different set of rules from that of ordinary society BUT we acknowledge the authority of civil government, just as Jesus did. That's why neither we nor He are anarchists.
     
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    Perhaps you did not read all that I wrote. There is no disagreement between us. I said,
     
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    Glad to know it. :thumbsup:
     
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    and sure with a slave population of citizens and slaves of the disinters, they can experiment.. and that isn't new either.
    Satan he doesn't any new ideas, seem neither do his people!
     
  5. James Redford

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    Hi, AlexDTX. If people do not wish to reply to what I actually wrote, then it's not as if I can force them to do so.

    You yourself are having a public conversation with yourself when you write such nihil ad rem things as "Jesus is not an anarchist. He is the God of all order." The first sentence of that statement is false. Nor does that statement address anything I wrote.

    Regarding the rest of your comments, as I wrote in my article "Jesus Is an Anarchist" (Social Science Research Network, Dec. 4, 2011 [orig. pub. Dec. 19, 2001]), pp. 7-8:

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    In passing, it's important for me to distinguish "Earthly governments" from what is sometimes called the "Kingdom of God" or the "Kingdom of Christ." In the above discussion I have been analyzing governments as they are operated by men here on Earth--but as I will show, the "Kingdom" which Christ is to establish on Earth will be the functional and operational opposite of any kingdom which has ever existed on Earth before, i.e., it won't actually be a government in the sense in which I defined above and will in fact be perfectly consistent with the Golden Rule.
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    For details on that, see my following article, which demonstrates the logically unavoidable anarchism of Jesus Christ's teachings as recorded in the New Testament (in addition to analyzing their context in relation to his actions, to the Tanakh, and to his apostles). It is logically complete on this subject, in the sense of its apodixis.

    James Redford, "Jesus Is an Anarchist", Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Dec. 4, 2011 (orig. pub. Dec. 19, 2001), 60 pp., doi:10.2139/ssrn.1337761; PDF, 312715 bytes, MD5: ff45387b1b2ed9d6dec411d5328abdd6, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1337761 , http://archive.org/download/JesusIsAnAnarchist/Redford-Jesus-Is-an-Anarchist.pdf , http://theophysics.host56.com/anarchist-jesus.pdf , http://webcitation.org/66AIz2rJw , http://pdf-archive.com/2013/09/10/redford-jesus-is-an-anarchist/redford-jesus-is-an-anarchist.pdf .
     
  6. James Redford

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    Hi, Albion. You know not whereof you speak. You are replying to the phantasms of your own mind. You are not replying to or addressing anarchism per se, but rather your jejune misunderstandings of it.

    One does not simply acquire veridical and systematic knowledge on such subjects as religion, politics, and economics via some process of ætherical osmosis, wherein by merely existing as a human being one absorbs logically and empirically rigorous insight into such subjects. Rather, such erudition can only be obtained by deep readings into those fields--more critically and to the point: readings of those who themselves know whereof they speak, since there is much prattle which flies under the banner of knowledge, including fallacious ideologies which are quite destructive vis-à-vis society. In addition, mere readings do not themselves suffice, even of those writers who are genuinely penetrating. Understanding of what is read is also critical.

    Very few people, in relative terms, ever embark upon this course; less still get very far in this journey toward truth. It's a hard road to travel, so few people bother.

    A popular saying runs thus: Ignorance is bliss. In actual fact, ignorance is *not* bliss, because what one does not know will quite often hurt one and one's loved-ones, and very badly at that. As God imparted to Hosea, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6, New King James Version.)

    This world is certainly not suffering from an overabundance of truth, but rather quite the opposite: the commonality have been inculcated from birth into massively-destructive lies by those who rule over them. It's the widespread ignorance of the public which enables the government-created horrors which we have seen and will see far more of.

    However, though ignorance be not bliss, ignorance is easy: being ignorant requires no effort.

    To quote Prof. Murray N. Rothbard on this matter (from p. 4 of "Anarcho-Communism", The Libertarian Forum, Vol. 2, No. 1 [Jan. 1, 1970], pp. 1 and 4, http://webcitation.org/6K8WaX5VF ):

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    It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a "dismal science." But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous *opinion* on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.
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    More than just pertaining to economics, the underlying thrust of Prof. Rothbard's above reproval applies equally to other fields of vital human knowledge, including religion and politics.

    If one wishes to actually obtain veridical understanding into the most crucial fields of sapient knowledge, then I have made it as easy as possible for one to do so via my own writings. My below articles explain to people (1) theological ethics and soteriology in a comprehensive and logically-coherent manner; (2) how the known laws of physics prove God's existence while demonstrating the exacting and extensive consilience of the New Testament with said physical laws; (3) the nature of God in light of said physical laws; (4) the End Time, the Tribulation, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the foundation of Heaven on Earth, and the universal resurrection of the dead in light of said physical laws; and (5) the End Time in light of the history of the globalist oligarchy's self-termed New World Order world government and world religion agenda.

    Item No. 1 is important vis-à-vis salvation for those who maintain that they already believe in Jesus Christ's Godhead. Items Nos. 2-5 are important in letting atheists, believers in other religions, and nominal ersatz "Christians" know that God as described by the New Testament does exist and that the New Testament is true. Items Nos. 2-5 are additionally important in giving believers in Christ a much deeper understanding of God and of the End Time, so that they may be strengthened in their faith during the extreme horrors to come and so that they will not fall for the deceptions of the Beast governmental system.

    My following articles distill all of the most important aspects of veridical human knowledge into a comprehensive, coherent and unified whole: from theology, physics, science, ethics, legal theory, political theory, economics, sociology, epistemology to history.

    * James Redford, "The Physics of God and the Quantum Gravity Theory of Everything", Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Sept. 10, 2012 (orig. pub. Dec. 19, 2011), 186 pp., doi:10.2139/ssrn.1974708, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1974708 , http://archive.org/download/ThePhys...TheoryOfEverything/Redford-Physics-of-God.pdf , http://theophysics.host56.com/Redford-Physics-of-God.pdf .

    * James Redford, "Video of Profs. Frank Tipler and Lawrence Krauss's Debate at Caltech: Can Physics Prove God and Christianity?", alt.sci.astro, Message-ID: jghev8tcbv02b6vn3uiq8jmelp7jijluqk[at sign]4ax[period]com , July 30, 2013, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.sci.astro/KQWt4KcpMVo , http://archive.today/a04w9 , http://webcitation.org/6IUTAMEyS .

    * James Redford, "Jesus Is an Anarchist", Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Dec. 4, 2011 (orig. pub. Dec. 19, 2001), 60 pp., doi:10.2139/ssrn.1337761, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1337761 , http://archive.org/download/JesusIsAnAnarchist/Redford-Jesus-Is-an-Anarchist.pdf , http://theophysics.host56.com/anarchist-jesus.pdf .

    * James Redford, "Libertarian Anarchism Is Apodictically Correct", Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Dec. 15, 2011, 9 pp., doi:10.2139/ssrn.1972733, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1972733 , http://archive.org/download/Liberta...yCorrect/Redford-Apodictic-Libertarianism.pdf , http://theophysics.host56.com/Redford-Apodictic-Libertarianism.pdf .
     
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