tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post751659720641362328..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: The Chrisitan Way of Givingbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-18738264030029493892013-12-03T15:17:02.123-08:002013-12-03T15:17:02.123-08:00Daniel, thank you for the comments.
I have what I...Daniel, thank you for the comments.<br /><br />I have what I consider to be a reasonably strong training in Christian and Biblical understanding - and believe every word of the Bible to be from God. I have come to the conclusion, long ago, that the libertarian political philosophy is the only political philosophy that can be squared with Biblical teaching; the non-aggression principle fits hand-in-glove with the Christian ethic.<br /><br />This eliminates all state action, as the initiation of aggression cannot be justified by majority vote, the common good, or any other such concept.<br /><br />Gary North, while not an anarchist, has squared Biblical teaching of economic concepts with Austrian economics. I have long believed this to be so, and I accept that his 40 years of study on this is confirmation enough for me.<br /><br />As to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," I modify this somewhat: do not do unto others what you would not have others do to you.<br /><br />The slight change makes a significant difference in meaning, and I believe is still Biblically sound.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-21467064380412430782013-12-03T14:31:04.913-08:002013-12-03T14:31:04.913-08:00I read and always appreciate the clarity of unders...I read and always appreciate the clarity of understanding your articles give (I came to you through LewRockwell). Since what I write is more Christian orientated than libertarian, I don't post articles in these networks, though it is here that I come to make sense of the world.<br /><br />Anyway, I thought I would insert, in this discussion of Scriptures and politics, what I draw from as the three most revolutionary political statements in history.<br /><br />One is "those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God." That means that the only legitimate lead is that spirit that is inside a man or woman, one of the founding principles in the idea of American freedom. Such a concept must cause all other power to respect highly each individual person, the underpinning of all "political" order.<br /><br />A second is "do unto others as you would have them do to you," which is, of course, the libertarian maxim of never initiate violence, the underpinning of all social order.<br /><br />The third is "owe no man anything but to love one another," which is the underpinning of all economic order. In other words, I don't owe you or anyone else, including the state, a thing - except 1 & 2, to respect you, that is, love.<br /><br />I suspect if these were the principles undergirding society, there would be a whole lot of compassion for people who fail through no real fault of their own, contrary to the Pope's claim.Daniel Yordyhttp://www.dyordy.comnoreply@blogger.com