And you oppose it every time the topic comes up.
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And you oppose it every time the topic comes up.
Doormat
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To me self-government means this:
Jeremiah 31:33 ..."I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it ..."
Would you care to explain why you identify with the Libertarian movement then Doc?
Does this preamble from the Libertarian Party Platform fit your ideology?
As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.
We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.
Consequently, we defend each person's right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power.
http://www.lp.org/platform
God > government > judge > police > father > mother > child > cat > dog > Australian.
To me it means this:
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. (Judges 21:25 NKJV)
drbrumley
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And so do you when it doesn't fit your interpretation of what is right and wrong. So smoke that.
drbrumley
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So, you are anti liberty then?
Just because I believe in liberty does not mean I am a member of some party. I am not nor have ever been a member of the LP. That party has been co opted long ago, as has the Republicans and Democrats.
It's too bad the LP doesn't even believe what their own platform says.
drbrumley
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And God didn't object to that till 1 Samuel, so what's your objection?
:rotfl:
Based on your definition, yes.
Where does your ideology come from? You are aware that Lew Rockwell and company are Libertarians that subscribe to the above ideology aren't you?
Then you approve of it's platform?
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Governing yourself requires discipline, maturity, prudence, and wisdom. If you exert true self-governance you are truly free: Free in your mind, free in your doings, free in your body. A self-governed people is a wise people. There is a level of restraint, foresight, and autodidaction in a self-governed people that is admirable (and, in this country, a thing of the past).
Without self-government, believe me, someone else--magistrate, bureaucrat, any other kind of assorted meddlers--will decide to make your decisions, lead your life, and so on. True liberty starts with the self. A self-governed people recognize tyranny from a mile away and respond accordingly.
That's how atheists think. They're their own "god".
"Governing yourself requires discipline, maturity, prudence, and wisdom...", and since man is none of the above, he needs a "book of rules" to follow.
drbrumley
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drbrumley
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drbrumley
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Anyplace specific other than chapter 8?
Not really. Everyone was doing as they saw fit, then God instituted the kingdom. My "objection" was to doormat, who implied self-government might be a good thing.
drbrumley
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Sorry for being late, but why didn't God object to to them living as they saw fit?