Posted on 01/06/2013 3:43:37 PM PST by grumpa
We have noticed many conservative Christians these days claiming to hold to a libertarian political philosophy. Libertarianism is the idea that government should allow complete freedom, except in the case when one person directly harms another. While this often sounds appealing to Christians, we see see a dangerous clash of worldviews in trying to mix Christianity with libertarianism. We think that “Christian libertarians” have been unwittingly duped into adopting a philosophy that has much in common with liberal secularists--and is contrary to the Bible at key points. Libertarianism and Christianity really do not mix like some think. Among the problems are these:
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Hate to say it, but many Libertarians I know are rabidly anti-Christian. They see no reason why Christian morality or even Jewish ethics should be part of society and show no appreciation for how those same said morals and ethics helped build America.
Barf.. Tell that to Gary North.
I consider myself to be a Christian Libertarian, also a Conservative constitutionalist and a traditionalist. You are making a fundamental mistake in associating the ones you claim to know with all Libertarians. There is more than one path to a political philosophy and that path isn’t as important as the destination. That destination is limited government and individual autonomy. From a strictly political philosophy point of view a man’s religious beliefs don’t interest me at all.
—Hate to say it,
—but many Libertarians I know are rabidly anti-Christian.
Must be a local thing
I live in E. Tenn.
It is about as Libertarian as you can get
And is Predominantly Baptist/Methodist/Presbyterian
I have a major problem with it, and so do a lot of Freepers. And it's more than that you are just an annoying obsessive-compulsive thread hijacker - much more.
You see, your basic premis is to attack people for doing exactly what Free Republic does. The MSM hate FR because it excerpts articles, and actually sued FR to try to close it down. In response an agreement was reached about excert lengths, and some news sources are cut out completely from FR.
So who the hell are you to deny bloggers this exact same process? Why don't you attack everyone on FR for participating at all - aren't we all excerpting from the MSM? Why don't you come to their defense?
Oh, because you've personally decided that the MSM is legitimate news, and bloggers are illegitimate? When FR itself is lambasted for that exact same thing by the MSM? When the very purpose of FR is to dig down and expose the bias and lies of the MSM? When FR bloggers have broken historic stories buried by the MSM?
And then you SLANDER ALL OF THEM by referring to them as mere advertising platforms, while completely ignoring their content? Your arrrogant claims of legitimacy are a bald-faced lie!
YOU HAVE NO MORAL BASIS FOR YOUR HARRASSMENT OF FREEPERS!
Get a life, humblegunner. And stop helping the MSM hide things, by attacking bloggers PER SE. If you want to actually help, read bloggers and disagree with them ON MERIT. Not merely because they exist. All you are doing is showing that you are unable to take part in legitimate conversations, and instead have found a little schtick to annoy people with - and greatly help the MSM hide information from people.
For the millionth time, humblegunner, KNOCK IT OFF!
It’s local and international. Ever had a discussion with a British Libertarian? Funny you mention Tennessee-Glenn Reynolds is a Professor there.
I’m not making any mistakes because I never said that all libertarians think the same way.
And why can’t it be both? Either way, the current Fedzilla is trampling upon both views of our Rights. The current GOPe sure isn’t helping matters....
libertarian “purists” would allow kiddie porn to be legal, does this jive with Christianity at all?
of course not.
Yes, his blog is instapundit.com and is always an interesting read.
Yup
But what the heck is Libertarian Transhumanism?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_transhumanism
Another wacky Libertarian at work! Lol! I think their into bioengineering humans or somesuch.
Libertarians are not social conservatives, Christians are.
You implied that Libertarians weren’t or couldn’t be Christians which isn’t true. The statement “Many Christians that I know are also democrats/socialists.” is as meaningless in this context as your statement that Libertarians are anti-Christian.
I know plenty of Christians that have voted for ultra-leftists over and over. Not all Christians are social conservatives and not all Libertarians are libertines. Perhaps you confuse the terms.
Once again I consider myself a Christian Libertarian and also a traditionalist Constitutionalist that most folks on this forum, if they knew me personally, would consider to be a social conservative.
You just went and encouraged him.
lemmee see if i gots this straight..
we christians have our freedom guaranteed to us by the constitution..
we also have taken up an obligation to live by his word..
yet, we as christians cannot be trusted to live by his word..
therefore, we need more government intervention into our lives to ensure we live by the word, under penalty of law???
totaltarian is as totaltarian does, regardless of which side of the political spectrum it comes from..
Straw man, unless you can show any discussion, thought or voice to confirm that statement.
No Libertarian believes anything of the sort, children are under the age of consent and contractual obligations.
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