…Freedom.
Here’s an interesting video.
The love of liberty is the love of others. The love of power is the love of ourselves.
Quest for a Christian Republic
This is from a Facebook friend, Bill Evans, who has clearly thought a lot about secession:
I appreciate the thoughtful, comprehensive labor of Dr. Joel McDurmon, in his epic work Restoring America One County at a Time.
I am of the unpopular opinion, however, that should Christians capture a controlling interest in a state OR COUNTY government, their best move would be to “come out and be ye separate.” For what association does light have with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) They should declare, in the loudest possible voice, their peaceful separation from darkness, and the creation of an Independent Christian Republic, recognizing the Triune God- Father, Son & Holy Spirit, as the Sovereign King, and His Law the only basis of righteous governance.
This is a move of the most bold and radical sort; the only type calculated to, in effect, reset liberty established on the only solid foundation. This was our earliest founders’ (the pilgrims) prescription, albeit was hijacked by deists, masons and proponents of natural law.
The right, and some would say the duty, of secession is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, and not prohibited by the US Constitution. But I would not establish this new birth of freedom upon the justification of any previous secession attempts in American history, although both the secession of 1775 and 1861, we’re morally justified.
Instead, I would reference the Biblical precedent for secession; namely, the exodus of God’s people out of Egypt. The Most High delivered His people out of the system in which they were enslaved. He did not change the system, nor would He change them, while they were still part of it. Pastor John Weaver has explained that the biblical model for secession is found in 1 King’s 12, where God causes Jeroboam and the Northern tribes to secede from the tyranny of King Rehoboam.
Secession could, pragmatically speaking, be accomplished at the state level, with it’s existing, working governmental apparatus. It would still immediately need to be downsized however, with the virtual elimination of many agencies, offices, departments and bureaus.
I foresee that this move would create an instant war of words, but also an instantaneous mass influx of like-minded families. At the same time, members of the parasite class, and career bureaucrats and statists would flee to the loving arms of their nanny state.
This is preferable, and more humane than attempting the disestablishment of the existing national- socialist safety net, upon which tens of millions have come to rely. Separating the feeders from the government teat, would likely kill both. This new venture in self government under God would needs be voluntary.
As I have often defended, while this move would be animated by a zeal for a new haven of righteousness (2 Peter 3:13), this should not be confused with pietism. I envision that city on a hill, that calls to those weary and heavy laden, in the Name of Christ the King and His obedient civil magistrates. This would be a refitted launching platform from which to reengage evil and extend the Kingdom of God, without the impediment of government trying to be god.
Humanly speaking, I believe we might find giving birth easier than raising the dead.
*A Brief Summary of distinctives that Could be explicitly stated in the Constitutional Articles of a New Christian Republic of America-
• Biblical Christianity as the ONLY religion
• No laws contrary to Scripture
• No public schools income or property tax
• Criminalization of abortion & sodomy
• Criminalization of adultery & pornography
• Biblical divorce
• Collateral – backed monetary system
• No social security.
• Head tax (male head of household)
• 10% sales tax (food exempt)
• 10% compulsory tithe (church run charity)
• No government deficits – balanced budget
• No EPA, CIA, IRS, FDA, ATF or FED
• Strict term limitations
• Elected sheriff, no police
• No compensation for political office
• Strict Sabbath observance
• No firearms restrictions
• English the official language
• All able-bodied man militia
• No standing army
How many generations would it conceivably take to achieve these advances working within our current system, if at all?
I respectfully rest my case, and invite your feedback.
Cop Holds a Gun to a Man’s Head
Thank God someone got this on video; this loser was convicted.
Politicians are Evil, But Cops are Good?
A cop worshiping friend of mine posted this:
Here’s the ensuing conversation:
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I said, “This seems contradictory to the one you posted about police being special for risking so much for people who care so little. Who is arresting the people for fishing with no license? Don’t you think cops should do the right thing regardless of what the law says?”
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He said, “It has been my experience working with police officers for over 25 years in emergency services, that they do try to do right by the citizens they serve. And for the most part are vilified by that same citizenry for doing their job (because of a few – rare – bad apples). That is the testimony of my own eyes running calls with them and as a police chaplain. This post has more to do with the unjust laws being written by “moral entrepreneurs” who want to take your rights away.”
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I said, “I certainly agree that politicians passing unjust laws is part of the problem. But I’ve never heard of a politician out checking people’s fishing licences. Politicians pass laws that take away our rights, but all they’re really doing is shuffling papers. Men with guns are what’s really required to take away our rights.”
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He said, “Actually, it also a populace that allows them to do so. But again – most police officers are not part of the problem. Ex: Sheriff Justin Smith – refuses to enforce Colorado gun magazine laws. Or Oath Keepers.”
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I said, “There is plenty of blame to go around. I would place a lot of blame on the pulpits for having taught a terrible twisting of Romans 13. I’m not saying only cops are to blame for the tyranny we face, but they’ve played a large role in it, and it doesn’t work to blame politicians and give cops a pass.”
“My sheriff isn’t enforcing the magazine law either. That just goes to show that it is within their power to refuse to enforce unjust laws, but that is a rare example. What evil gun control laws do they enforce?”
“Have you considered the possibility that politicians instituting a police force in the first place was just another one of their unjust, unconstitutional and unbiblical acts?”
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Answer to a Cop Lover
Cop Tells Another Cop How To Get Out of a Traffic Ticket
This bit of advice was taken from a forum where a NYPD cop was outraged that his wife was given a ticket by another agency. He wasn’t outraged that she was pulled over, because she really was speeding, but because the ticketing officer refused to let her off after she showed him her husband’s union card.
So the advice is to ask for all the information about the radar detector and the tuning forks and the FCC license, as this will teach the cop a lesson, and also get you out of a traffic ticket, because he apparently is quite confident that cops are doing shoddy work and will inevitably be unprepared. So here it is, bad grammar and all:
take it to court,
demand discovery then an adjournment, then after he testifies demand to see his qualification certificate, the fcc lic. for unit, and the testing certification paperwork for the unit used to cloick the wife. whern he fails to produce demand a dissmissal
I haven’t had a speeding ticket in a few years, and have never tried this, but it is consistent with advice from others I’ve seen about how to get out of a ticket. It is reasonable that they should have their paperwork in order. I’m sure if citizens don’t have their license, registration and insurance paperwork in order, we would get a ticket. It seems like they should have to show their paperwork as well. If everyone fought their ticket, it would destroy the court system and end this unjust system of traffic enforcement and revenue collecting.
I wrote about the despicable behavior of the cops on that forum here.
Another Megalomaniac on Patrol
This guy was just videotaping (as he yelled several times at the end of the video). The problem was that there was a cop who desperately wants to control other people, and he has a gun, so he can do it.
The issue is whether the sidewalk was closed, and whether a non-videotaping pedestrian would have been harassed or told the sidewalk was closed. You can’t have the sidewalk closed to videotaping, but open to pedestrians. I saw no indication that the sidewalk was closed, or any indication of how far away someone could get. I would bet that a pedestrian could have walked down the sidewalk, and right past their operation, as the cars were passing by just a few feet away.
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda
I had a little debate on Facebook with someone who said they are a cop. I made the point to him that this article makes–that we know there are no good cops, because abortion goes on because evil cops are there to protect the butchering of babies.
He objected that I was falsely judging hundreds of thousands of cops across the country. So I proposed the following test to see who is a good cop and who isn’t. Do what Operation Rescue was doing in those days. Get a hundred or more Christians to block the doors to a baby murder facility, and if a majority of cops are good, the protesters will go unmolested by cops and abortion will come to an end in this country. If most cops are bad, they will arrest the protesters. Operation Rescue did that dozens of times across the country and only one cop showed himself to be a good cop by sitting down with the protesters (he was subsequently fired). All the other cops proved to be merely the muscle of the baby murder industry. We all know that the results would be no different today, 25 years later.
He, like so many others, knee jerked a reference to Romans 13, saying cops must blindly enforce the laws of the government. He mocked my test, sarcastically calling it the “gold standard”. Here is what I wish I would have said:
“This isn’t the gold standard; it is the rusty scrap metal standard. Cops are so morally perverted that they don’t realize that they ought to stop murder even if it means disobeying a politician or judge.
The gold standard would be something like refusing to enforce laws banning smoking on private property, or refusing to enforce collection of lodging taxes. But that is a pipe dream where those who flatter themselves by painting “to serve and protect” on their cars refuse to protect babies.”
Of course, where Christians have surrendered the field of battle to secularists, many Christians don’t even know what is just or unjust, or that God has an eternal standard that says lodging taxes are theft and stopping people from smoking on private property is a violation of private property, and that government has no place in that or the millions of other things they wrongly force themselves into.
If you find yourself not knowing how to determine what a just or unjust law is, for certain, I would recommend this book.
Cops Making Up Laws
You only need to watch the first 30 seconds or so, the rest is unnecessary. At the end, a bank employee escorts the photographer out.
The cop just completely makes up the line about having to be informed of recording as the court case cited in the video points out. But such behavior has been documented on this website dozens of times. Cops routinely lie or are misinformed of the law.
But, I bet 99% of the time when that cop just makes something up, people do what he says, so he has little incentive to actually know the law–he thinks he is the law. He has a gun, and if you reject Christianity, the only foundation of law is: Might makes right.
Conservative Schizophrenia
It’s all a political game to keep conservatives supporting police. This support is crucial for the implementation of the DC Democrats agenda. As long as the conservatives’ discontent is focused on something remote like Obama, and their support is rallied for the tyrants who live on their street – the cops – tyranny will advance. Straight from Stalin’s book of social order.
The lesson from the American War for Independence and from the Puritan Revolution in England is that liberty is defended when the people realize that it is the local henchmen who need a spanking – and worse. The liberals in Washington DC have learned this lesson well.. Conservatives are still clueless.
I’ve been saying this for a while now: It isn’t about right versus left. It’s about liberty versus tyranny. Conservatives ought to be all about liberty, but they have been duped into compromise. I listened to Rush Limbaugh all the time, and he was always talking about limited government and liberty, but then conservatives take positions that contradict those fundamental beliefs.
Abolish Human Abortion is awesome. They’re saying things about abortion I’ve never heard before. They want to end abortion completely, with no exceptions. That is the biblical position. Traditional pro-life people are about taking baby steps and implementing restrictions gradually. I think the AHA system is something that will end abortion eventually. It is what God will bless, because it’s biblical, but it is shocking the first time you hear them say they want to end the pro-life movement.
We should be doing the same thing with other political issues. Socialism is completely unbiblical. We should not be compromising on that issue, but who is working to end things like public school or Social Security? No one (at least no elected official) is discussing ending socialism.
That’s my reasoning behind this website and EndPublicSchool.com and AbolishThePolice.com. Someone has to say these things and change the conversation.