The Bible says that the government is to wield the sword to punish evildoers, so there has to be someone to punish evil. But for day-to-day security services that the police provide by theft of tax money, there is a better way. This random dude on Facebook, Shamus McCahey, explains it better than I can so I thought I’d let him.

How law enforcement worked when America was founded, and from what I can tell was a very biblical way to handle things, is that private citizens took each other to court. There was no such thing as the state vs. Smith. It was Jones vs. Smith, and if Smith was found to have harmed Jones, he would have to pay Jones back.

For sure what we don’t need is a standing army of police to steal from us to protect us from thieves.