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To: OWK
Rulers initiate force in the lives of otherwise free men.

Jesus was not an initiator of force.

So every ruler is by definition a tyrant? So we are left with the tyranny of anarchy where every man is his own ultimate authority. I don't think you really want to live in a world like that. I know I don't.

Man is a fallen and evil creature, left to our own devices we will quickly kill, rape and enslave anyone weaker than ourselves. No amount of liberal wishing and hand wringing will ever change that fact.

And Jesus did too initiate force. Read the bible and try to understand

GSA(P)

88 posted on 02/26/2002 6:51:56 AM PST by John O
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To: John O
So every ruler is by definition a tyrant?

Any "ruler" who initiates force against an otherwise peaceful individual, is a tyrant.

And Jesus did too initiate force.

No, in fact he did not. Jesus' only use of force came in his confrontation with the moneychangers in the temple. Inasmuch as the temple can be considered his property (for the sake of this argument), his actions in defense of his property against the uninvited actions of the moneychangers, cannot be considered an initiation of force.

90 posted on 02/26/2002 6:56:59 AM PST by OWK
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