God changes hearts and minds. Prison time for wasting time smoking pot gives someone time to study how to be a better criminal.
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We do not disagree, but our presumptions differ. Prison is not biblical, and has its foundations in Quaker-ism, not Christianity.
The Bible does recognize that idleness is sinful, though not necessarily criminal. The man who will not support his family, for example, is said to be worse than an infidel. Based upon this notion, we used to have laws (even in my lifetime) of support, and we still have criminal penalties for non-payment of alimony and child support. These laws are based on the Christian worldview.
However, our libertarian view is destroying these laws, and there is a huge detrimental effect upon society as a whole.
I think it is a problem of the Church and more of a reliance on government, rather than a desire to get government out of things, that is the root of this problem.
The church has become sissified, feminized, marxified, and drifted away from the core biblical truths.
I am grateful that I have found a bible-believing and preaching church that is not populated by just old people and women who get together each week to hear a lecture on political correctness.
Good posts. I guess we can say, let’s just be reasonable. Do the libertarians want whorehouses on ever corner? Many probably do, legalizing all sin seems to be the single issue for many of them. Most don’t though. Do they want their neighbors having orgies in their front yards for their kids to see? Laws against such things are Blue Laws are they not?