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Christianity, Conversation, For My Kids, Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God, Theonomy

Typical Response

Whenever I discuss politics with a Christian, the other person usually ends up quoting Romans 13 to suggest that I ought to shut up and just submit to the government.

This happens so often that I coined a new word to describe this occurence, “romansthirteen”. Here’s the definition.

Of course, the bootlicking, Hitler-glorifying interpretation of Romans 13 most (90+%) of Christians teach is incorrect. Romans 13:3-4 clearly teaches that there is one purpose of government, and that is to be God’s servant to carry out His wrath against evildoers. Any government worker who cares to glorify the Lord in his or her duty, has clear direction on how to do that.

1. Stop attempting to punish people who aren’t committing evil.
2. Stop attempting to collect taxes for anything government does other than punishing evildoers.
3. Be God’s servant to carry out His wrath on evildoers.
4. Stop harassing children with lemonade stands.

Of course, this is a radical idea to Christians who may have read this passage many times without paying attention to what it actually says, and believe that if a cop says kids must have a permit for their lemonade stand, the kids should jump up and go get a street vending permit, a food service license, and a sales tax license. I’ve tried to communicate this true message of Romans 13 to Christians many times online, and even meeting with otherwise knowledgeable people from church in person.

The only counterargument I’ve received is them jumping to some other passage in some other book and trying to explain Romans 13:3-4 away. This is a sure sign of a failed argument.

Whatever biblical doctrine you’re advocating, you must be able to walk through any and all passages and present a clear explanation of what that passage is talking about.

I learned this principle when studying Calvinism and Arminianism. There are passages that appear difficult for both of those systems of thought, and there are passages that initially appear to teach one over the other. The true test for which is correct is to listen to a Calvinist walk through a difficult passage for him, and see if he has a sensible explanation. Then, do the same thing for an Arminian. Of course, you would want to listen to the best and brightest individuals each side has to offer.

Calvinists can walk through 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Timothy 2:1-4 and Matthew 22:37, and explain what those passages are actually talking about in context, in a way that makes sense. Arminians can’t walk through John 6, 8, Ephesians 1, Romans 8:28-30, Romans 9, etc. without jumping to some other passage. This is how we know Arminianism is false.

Anyone can take a few verses out of context, and twist them to teach anything they want. The real test is whether they can make sense of the verses that are difficult for them. Whatever doctrine is true, is true from Genesis to Revelation, in every single passage.

So I’m still looking for someone to explain how Romans 13:3-4 teaches something other than what I’m saying without jumping to some other book of the Bible. Until then, I will support my kids’ black market lemonade stands.

Abolish The Police, Border Policy, Christianity, For My Kids

Teach Your Children

Little girl detained by Border Patrol scum for 32 hours…ALONE!

This 9-year-old girl is a U.S. citizen, with a passport, and was detained for 32 hours, by herself, because she gave inconsistent answers to questions. I have two main points to make about this.

First, teach your children to disrespect false authority, and to not to talk to government officials, whether it’s border patrol, local police, child protective service, school teachers (because I know no one reading this would ever be stupid enough to send their kids to public school), or anyone else with the government. We all have a 5th Amendment right to not answer questions. What good is a right if you voluntarily give it up? If they don’t answer questions, their answers won’t be inconsistent, as this girl had, and is completely understandable for a girl her age.

I have told my kids this, but who knows how they would actually behave when under pressure. This is a good opportunity for a refresher.

Second, most of my friends are conservatives. Standard conservative beliefs include the following two tenets:

1. You should submit to, and honor law enforcement.
2. Members of the armed forces serve to protect our freedom.

These are contradictory beliefs. The police lie and steal (via civil asset forfeiture, frivolous traffic ticketing and enforcing unjust taxation) to take away our freedom.

Most of my conservative friends would be in shock that I’m not teaching my children to be subservient to the police, and that the police aren’t a valid authority. They would be in shock if I told my kids to remain silent and not answer government’s questions.

However, the best way to honor the sacrifice of military veterans is to exercise those freedoms they fought for. Remaining silent is the best way to honor veterans. When you surrender your freedoms you’re disrespecting the sacrifice of veterans.

Abolish The Police, For My Kids, Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God

Good Legal advice

Here’s some free advice. Even if you’re innocent, don’t talk to the police. Their job is to get you talking and send you to prison. 

Teach your kids to not speak to the police, like she says. 

Not speaking to the police isn’t rude. It is your constitutional right that men have paid for with their blood. The rude thing would be to disrespect the blood they’ve shed and go blabbing to the government so they can use your words against you in a court of law.

Abolish The Police, Christianity, consistency, Conversation, For My Kids, Theonomy

This Is How You Know When Your Beliefs Are True – Conversation With a Cop Friend

So my FB friend who is a cop posted a story about how a guy fell for a trick from the cops to bring his illegal drugs to them to have them tested. The cops then stole his drugs and took him to jail, i.e. they kidnapped the guy, which is a death penalty crime for the cops. Ha Ha Ha, death penalty crimes are so funny. Here’s the conversation.

This guy posts on theological topics several times per day. He’s more than happy to discuss theology; he just doesn’t have any idea how to answer my questions, yet he kidnaps people for a living. I could see how that would cause some coping problems and some inconsistencies in thinking. He’s only a few years from retiring from his government job in his 40s, so that kind of incentive makes it hard to turn your back on the antichrist system.

The issue is that doing drugs is a sin, but not a crime. Lex Talionis is the principle of eye for an eye, tooth for tooth–the teaching that the punishment fits the crime. There is no victim for doing drugs, so no one to sue for justice. He rejects that biblical principle for the lawlessness of man’s law.

Does he heave the ability to tell whether a law is just or unjust? He rejects the biblical system that would allow Scripture to speak on such an important topic, and he can’t turn from that inadequate system because he loves money and comfort.

I realize he’s in a difficult situation. The solution isn’t to expect guys like him to repent, but to help prevent young guys from choosing an unjust career. Stop the America worship and get pastors to teach the whole counsel of God.

Christianity, For My Kids

How to Find the Truth

First of all, truth is an absolute. The definition of truth is that which conforms to the mind of God. There is no way to account for truth apart from the God of the Bible. Repentance leads you to the truth (2 Tim. 2:25). That is, you first submit to God, and then you have access to truth. So, this post is mostly for people who are already Christians.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of disagreement on various topics among Christians. How do you determine the truth when two or more Christians disagree on something? The best way to find the truth I have found is to engage in debate. Watching or reading other people debate is good, but it is only a useful way to learn good arguments to apply in your own debates. I have had a lot of success in learning new things by learning a little about a topic, debating someone else, which will require you to learn more to win a debate. This will be the blessing of Facebook and other social media. We complain that Facebook sometimes censors Christians and conservatives, but the real benefit is that iron sharpening iron in a massive way through social media will cause the truth to triumph among Christians.

My first tip is that you have to not debate a moron. You have to debate someone knowledgeable. You may not be able to debate a famous person, but there are people who are pretty knowledgeable about every topic that are accessible online. They’re not famous in society at large, but if it’s a specific-enough topic, they are famous in that small circle. Those types of people are usually open to discussion whether it’s on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube or whatever. I would be more than willing to debate the CEO of Planned Parenthood on abortion or a philosophy professor atheist on the existence of God. They may be smarter than me, but their beliefs are false.

That being said, I enjoy talking to morons who like to shoot off their mouth, but have almost no capability to defend what they believe. I don’t do this to test my ideas to find the truth but more to spread the truths I’ve already proven. Other people read those conversations, and learn about your position, or maybe the moron will eventually change their mind. But I can only think of three times out of hundreds where someone has changed their minds or admitted that they were not arguing properly. Twice on a Youtube comment thread, and once through e-mail (I can’t remember how I was introduced to the Jehovah’s Witness I was emailing, but he lived in the Caribbean somewhere.)

This may be the most important part: How do you know whether you’ve won or lost a debate? A lot of people in a written debate can bluster enough so that it can be hard to tell whether you’ve won. As I’ve said, it is extremely rare when someone admits they were wrong. Here are a few guidelines to help discern whether you’ve won or lost.
1. Whose questions are going unanswered or ignored?
2. Whose answers are logically fallacious?
3. An indicator can be: who is calling more names? Though, sometimes the person who is right is just a jerk.

Item 2 took me several years to hone my skills. I intend to teach my children what logical fallacies are so that maybe they’ll have a leg up on me.

I’ve used this method for more than ten years on various topics, such as evangelism methods, the Trinity, what it means to be born again and how it applies to Jehovah’s Witnesses, salvation by grace alone through faith alone, Calvinism, theonomy, open borders, abolishing police, socialism, abolishing public school/the value of homeschooling, creationism, and a few others.

A lot of those topics are related, but rest assured, Scripture always wins. I might be personally lacking knowledge that causes me to lose a debate, but when I go find the answer for the next debate from Scripture, I win. I would like to get started debating postmillennialism with premillennialists. I think that is an important topic.

Have I ever lost a debate? Yes, not necessarily because I was wrong, but because I didn’t have the answer to a question, and by the time I figured out the answer, the debate was stale and I didn’t go back. I’ve lost that way to a guy who was saying that only ordained elders/evangelists/pastors should proclaim the gospel. I’ve lost on the street to the first JW I ever spoke to. I’ve lost to an atheist when he asked why atheism can’t account for why 1+1=2.

The danger is in not knowing when you’ve lost, or being too proud to not admit that you’ve lost or that your beliefs are wrong, or being unwilling to change your mind. I haven’t won the majority of my debates because I’m so smart, but because I was defending what most Christians already believed, or because I happened to choose a belief among Christians that seemed to fit the best with Scripture, even if it was unpopular among other Christians. Sometimes, I have observed debates, and have seen one side win handily. That is a good indication of what the truth is, but you have to be able to defend it yourself.

The reason I write this is because the thought popped into my head that while I’m middle-aged and healthy, anyone could drop dead at anytime. I’m glad I have been writing and debating online for 10 years so that my young children will have a record of my beliefs. I want to put in writing the important things so that even if I died today my children who are too young to understand this now will be able to read this someday.