I would further add that my libertarianism comes in large part from my Christianity. For example, I believe it is a sin to rob or steal because God says so (I Cor. 6:10, Rom. 13:9, etc.). Consequently, it would be wrong of me to take a gun and threaten my neighbor, taking his money under threat of force, regardless of what good intentions I might have for the money. The number of people committing an act do not change its sinful nature, so it would be equally wrong for two or three friends and I to conspire & jointly rob my neighbor at gunpoint. And similarly, it is wrong for me to join with 300 million other Americans in robbing my neighbor at gunpoint.
Furthermore, God is extremely libertarian in his approach to us. He, being omnipotent, has the power to compel whatever He wants, but instead grants us free choice and lets us live with the consequences of our actions.
I couldn't agree with you more; Christianity is about charity and limited government, not about government forceably taking from one to give to another. I rarely argue with libertarians over free market economics, as most of them are biblically based.
Furthermore, God is extremely libertarian in his approach to us. He, being omnipotent, has the power to compel whatever He wants, but instead grants us free choice and lets us live with the consequences of our actions.
Unfortunately your unvirtuous "choices"; the choices that God speaks clearly against; effects the lives of others.
"All law is based upon morality, and morality is itself based upon religion. Therefore, when the religion of a people is weakened, so also is its morality undermined. The result is a progressive collapse of law and order, and the breakdown of society. Men, though, see law as a limitation on their liberty, and Christianity is held to be the most restrictive with its emphasis upon Biblical law as the foundation for morality and liberty. Humanistic man wants total liberty, but he does not realize that total liberty leads only to total anarchy, and that leads to the death of law and liberty. Unless every man’s liberty is limited by law, no liberty is possible for any one."
R. J. Rushdoony
If I may revise the late R. J. Rushdoony's last sentence:
"Unless every man's liberty is limited by either self restraint through God's laws, or limited through coercion by man's laws, no liberty is possible for anyone."