I think defending freedom is continuous, until Christ returns. We cannot solve for that. It is part of Nature.
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nature is not above God.
also, the society of Christ is certainly not in need of reforming.
there is a lot of assumptions in your thinking you are not aware of the implications of. especially the one saying Christ the King is not a man, who has refined himself to the state of purity He was trained and guided to get to.
Then what was the point of Christ redeeming all of creation?
Christ already came. You are redeemed. You have t he mind of Christ. You have The Holy Spirit. You are a new creation. You have been born again/from above (take your pick of translation).
What are you if you are NOT supposed to be the representative of God's Will on earth by building Truth, Goodness, and Beauty into this world? (Which you DO!!!)
I have eternal life. That doesn't mean I cannot sin. It means I have access to additional Grace, through the sacraments, such as baptism.
Baptism gets rid of Original Sin. It doesn't make you permanently sinless.
yes, actually, it does. go read back.
this is a central doctrinal issue in christianity. in american christian (protestant) there is a debate between "once saved always saved" and what is perjoratively called "works doctrines" which say that you are still human.
well, i say that as a human, you can improve. we can always improve. i reject the idea that humans cannot shake off tyrants like we have on our backs now.
it's a matter of everyone taking up their own cross and doing the hard work. maybe dying.
i hate to say this but as a woman, you are supposed to be protected from that.
so you also should understand that it tends to be women who persuade young men to not be vigilant and rigteous.
i have met many many many men in my life who i considered to be righteous. the idea that you can't supersede that base state is toxic, and authoritarian.
no, who says you can't
and who gave them the authority to claim that?
i do my best. i'm not perfect. sue me. fuck you.
So just because there is sin in the world you should accept tyranny.
Right.
That makes so much sense.
The right way is to TURN FROM SIN, of which tyranny is one, and make the world more perfect.
I have yet to see a practical demonstration of non-coercive governance unless we are talking about some kind of covenant-based community, which should be entirely possible to do and even likely if all the BTC maxis have their way.