The “minimalist” government you talk about springs directly from atheism.
Ayn Rand — and most other libertarians (as Murray Rothbard writes) are atheists. Atheism is exhilarating, particularly for our hormone-addled youth who care little about boring economic libertarianism. Abandoning the Ten Commandments/go to church God liberates our youngsters to vote for what they really, really want to do — live in a world with no restrictions on sex and drugs. Atheism is heart and soul of libertarianism.
Nonsense: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ad0b80b3a17.htm - "NO KING BUT JESUS: Romans 13 and the Perfect Law of Liberty"