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Because it doesn't put Christ in the first place.

Neither do any of our founding documents. I don't think you can find a single reference to Christ in any of them.

Sounds like libertarianism isn't any worse than what we've already got, then.

Of course, Christ never intended that His name be invoked in the process of establishing earthly kingdoms. Libertarian philosophy is a political philosophy dealing with the use of force, not a religious philosophy. However, there is nothing in libertarian philosophy, as I see it, that poses any kind of a necessary conflict with Christian doctrines and principles, and libertarian philosophy would seem to fall right in line with the Golden Rule (which Christ referred to as "the law and the prophets" in Matthew 7:12).

That's right! Libertarians, totally embrace "The Golden Rule"
just as we all learned it as a child. The non-initiation of force
is an extension of that. Is it proper for a man to pass you on
the street, then turn around and deck you with no provocation
what-so-ever simply because he feared that you might do it
to him first. No, of course not! Libertarians have sworn never
to strike first. We never said that we would not ever strike at all.
This is the only way a civilized person or society should act.
Otherwise we should all applaud and admire the Japanese for
their surprise first strike attack on Pearl Harbor, or murder
our fellow man on the street for any imagined threat.

The Libertarian Party did a poll of members to see what we
thought of the attack on the World Trade Center. 94.8% said
that we have an obligation to bring terrorists to justice. Follow
the link to the whole story.

Online survey: LP members support
military strikes against terrorists

                         Despite Libertarians' long-standing aversion to foreign military
                         intervention, 94.8% of survey respondents said they agree the
                         U.S. government "has an obligation to bring the terrorists who
                         are responsible for the September 11 attacks to justice."
                                                                 —
                         "Libertarians believe that individuals and nations do not have
                         the right to initiate force against others, but they tend to agree
                         that the use of force for self-defense -- against rogue nations,
                         criminals, or terrorists -- is appropriate," he said.

                         "These poll results seem to indicate that most Libertarians think
                         the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC qualified
                         as initiation of force, and that a strong military response
                         constitutes legitimate self-defense by our nation."

We're not evil imperialists war mongers but we're not peaceniks either.