tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post3052376756614622415..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: The strange case of Iredell County (part of) and a Christian LibertarianSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-52795320994845070562008-08-19T19:27:00.000-04:002008-08-19T19:27:00.000-04:00Libertarianism has to be able to include people of...<I>Libertarianism has to be able to include people of faith, but people of faith also have to be able to embrace Libertarianism. You'd think Jesus and that non-aggression principle would be fairly congruent with each other, but the record on Christians using force to legislate their own morality is, frankly, not so good. I find myself having to constantly make Christians prove to me that they don't want a theocracy, and as a Christian that makes me uncomfortable.</I><BR/><BR/>Even as a Non-Christian, I don't worry about that too much. The libertarian movement has always had many prominent members who are Christian (eg. Marshall Fritz, Ron Paul, and our own Terri Lewis), as well as people of most other faiths. One of the hallmarks of libertarianism is tolerance for people with different beliefs, even if those beliefs offend us. <BR/><BR/>As long as they are truly libertarians in a big picture kind of way (and it's pretty obvious that they're not if they go around holding "God Hates Fags" rallies, or trying to stamp out "Islamofascism", or whatever), it doesn't matter if they disagree with me on a few issues, even if I consider them important issues.<BR/><BR/>This is because a libertarian theocracy, if such a thing is even possible, simply would not have the power or the resources to oppress me in even a fraction of the ways our increasingly totalitarian "secular" government does now.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-16442895259371895552008-08-19T16:57:00.000-04:002008-08-19T16:57:00.000-04:00I've had it up to here with bishops in my own fait...<I>I've had it up to here with bishops in my own faith who want to deny communion to politicians who vote for legislation that the church opposes,</I><BR/><BR/>Not because it's especially relevant, but because Steve's words somehow made me think of it... Who wrote this? And where?<BR/><BR/><I>"... you can excommunicate me on my way to Sunday School, and have all the bishops harmonize these lines..."</I><BR/><BR/>No cheating w/ Google, etc.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-50513784765636439492008-08-19T16:28:00.000-04:002008-08-19T16:28:00.000-04:00Here you go:http://ober.org/issues/delLibertarian....Here you go:<BR/><BR/>http://ober.org/issues/delLibertarian.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-57025949751424482892008-08-19T14:30:00.000-04:002008-08-19T14:30:00.000-04:00Thank you for the kind words! I've got a response...Thank you for the kind words! I've got a response ready for you that I should have posted tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com