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A surprisingly Libertarian passage I came across:

"Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?" (Ecclesiastes 7:13)

It's really a cool to let things go. We cannot straighten out others - even if we succeed through coercive measures or cultural capture, we've only succeeded in putting their inner wickedness into a new context.

We've just put the wolf into sheep's clothes when we capture the culture; we just make ourselves totalitarians and lose all credibility by jailing moral perverts to increase worldly power in a never-ending game of whack-a-mole in imposing our personal spiritual values.

Let everything go, and approach people with personal humility, showing them the truth, when the time is right. We are not here to save society - it is crooked, and we cannot make it straight.

#biblestr #christisking #jesus #liberty

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unknown 2y ago

How is any of that Libertarian? Who do you think puts people in power? The bible says God

Løbsterhogan 2y ago

Yet, there were also many rulers that presided over Israel that did what was wicked before God...

It is specific leaders who are referred to as God's anointed because they are righteous men loved by God, and through them God's grace was visited upon people. Yes, that is a part of God's will... But what about them is tyrannical?

For instance, in 2 Samuel 16, we see King David tolerating a man cursing him in public. Likewise, St. Gamliel said the same thing to the other Pharisees when he was the Sanhedrin:

"Therefore, in the present case, I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourself fighting against God." (Acts 5:38, 39)

So we see there is some precedent of both rulers and influential Bible figures and early Christians preferring liberty, and advising it, as part of divine providence.