Here is a great article. This is one of the best quotes from it:
When we teach our congregations to vote for one candidate merely out of fear of the other, we have already accepted a government that allows too much power in one person’s hands, or in the hands of captors who are using candidates as mascots. We already admit they have too much power; when we vote for this current system, therefore, we are condoning it. We must acknowledge the whole system is broken and not just the President.
I’ve been to court to evict tenants in the past. While waiting for my case to come up, I’ve seen two different traffic tickets coming up for trial. On both cases, the defendant won. The system says you’re innocent until proven guilty. If you put forth a plausible argument, you’ll be found not guilty (in my experience).
This bears out because they try at every opportunity to get you to pay up and go away. They offer to deduct fewer points if you pay quickly. They offer a plea bargain if you show up to plead not guilty. They want to get you to pay up and go away so they don’t need to pay a judge and a cop to conduct a trial. They count on the fact that you don’t want to take time off of work, and you only get a few traffic tickets in your life, so you don’t know what you’re doing and you’re intimidated by the process so you just do anything to get out of it.
Here’s how the two people I saw win their trial won. I can’t remember exactly what the charge was in the first trial, but the guy’s defense was that the bush was blocking the stop sign. So the judge found him not guilty.
The other trial I saw, the guy had a lawyer. The state patrolman presented his case, and the lawyer said, “Does the state rest its case?”
The judge asked the state patrolman to answer the question, and he said that he had rested his case.
The lawyer then said, “I would ask that the case be dismissed, because the state never identified my client as the accused.”
The judge said, “Your client came up when I called the case.” The lawyer kind of just shrugged, and didn’t really say anything. The judge was silent for 30 seconds or so, and said the case is dismissed.
I would always attempt that defense. If the judge doesn’t go for it, you move on with whatever else you had. I think as long as you can offer any plausible argument, you will be let off.
That being said, some people hope for the cop not showing up. I guess there is always that possibility, but the cop has always shown up in my experience. Actually, I remember a third trial where a guy got a ticket for not wearing his seat belt. He didn’t show up, but the cop did show up. He was found automatically guilty and got a $50 fine.
It would be my guess that their policy is that the cop always shows up to avoid getting the reputation that if you fight the ticket you might get off easily.
I think at this point, our goal as patriots and secessionists would be to make it as difficult for government as possible–make our compliance as costly as possible. Only comply at the last moment right before the cop shoots you or they’re going to cost you more than you get out of it. Fighting a traffic ticket is one way to fight them.
I have one more method to try at a trial, that I know has been successful, though I haven’t personally witnessed it. I’ll discuss that tomorrow.
Tony Miano is a statist. I’ve explained it before (<–this article is important), and my concern for Tony is growing. The first interaction I had with Tony was when my former assistant pastor (who was a chaplain for the police department) invited Tony to speak at our church.
At that time, my evangelism partner and I were embroiled in conflict with the police about how we were doing evangelism on Main Street. Apparently some of the police complained to Tony about our methods, and from the pulpit, Tony denounced us and our evangelism. He was speaking out of complete ignorance, and completely mischaracterized what we were doing, but it certainly indicated where he is intellectually.
The next indication of Tony’s character issues came when he stated on Facebook that he thinks theonomy is akin to Islam. Now, Christians may or may not like theonomy, but to refer to God’s civil law as being akin to Islam reveals an astonishing level of stupidity. He accepted the rebuke from many Christians and took a short break from Facebook. I wish it had been a much longer break, because his recent activity is very troubling.
Here’s what he said on Facebook that made his idolatry and character issues so clear.
There is no logical fallacy. This meme is true, but Tony’s presupposition is that Christians need to submit to the state, so he can’t see that the Revolution was instigated by the black robed regiment (Presbyterian pastors) preaching from the pulpits about what Scripture teaches about proper government, and what Christian rebellion ought to look like. Tony thinks that true Christianity leads to submission to tyrants.
I’m willing to concede that the particular founding fathers that Tony lists here weren’t Christians. So what? They played a big role in the revolution, but there were dozens of others with a big role, and thousands of others with smaller roles, many of whom were Christians. These guys on Tony’s list were behaving inconsistently with their unbelieving presuppositions and taking part in the Presbyterian rebellion, aka the revolution.
Tony wouldn’t know a tyrant if he walked up and bit him. Tony is a retired tyrant, and he loves tyrants. He has no idea what the Bible teaches about how we ought to resist tyranny. American Christianity has no biblical doctrine of how to resist tyranny, and we’re reaping what we’ve sown.
Tony has revealed that he has a tender, little soul, because the commenter here, extremely politely, called him ignorant with a morally deficient view of government, and he says the commenter needs to be mindful of his tone. Is Tony a man? This isn’t how a Christian man has a conversation. The commenter’s tone was very polite, and a Christian man shouldn’t respond this way to rebuke. Time for Tony to drop the “little-girl-tea-party routine” and read Proverbs.
I decided to comment on this, even though I was eight days late to the conversation. Tony deleted my comment. Maybe different people look at that differently, but I look at that as being indicative of a serious deficiency in manhood. I realize some popular people are busy so they can’t respond to every comment they receive on social media, but to delete a comment you disagree with shows a huge character problem.
I’ve gone to the Jehovah’s Witness state convention the last couple years, and they refuse to accept literature from us. They are scared that being exposed to a viewpoint critical of their own could lead them away from their religion. I have such little respect for that. My worldview is informed by Scripture, and it will stand up to scrutiny. I don’t have to be scared of being exposed to something critical of Christianity. In fact, I think you ought to expose yourself to things that are critical of your beliefs, because it will force you to more precisely define what you believe, and you’ll better learn how to defend your position.
Obviously, I should have written my comment down. I knew Tony was a pansy who may very well delete it. Here’s what I said as best as I can remember, including the two links.
Tony Miano said, “There is no biblical support for Christians rebelling against government.”
I think Tony missed the entire Old Testament, and has badly misinterpreted Romans 13.
http://reconstructionistradio.com/freedom-conference-the-biblical-christian-duty-to-rebel/
But I guess when you share Adolph Hitler’s interpretation of Romans 13, you have no compunction in deleting comments of someone who disagrees with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3RtE-pezIo&feature=youtu.be
There are only a handful of people doing their job. Judge Roy Moore is one of them.
The Q&A after session 4 is one of the best parts.
http://reconstructionistradio.com/freedom-conference-q-a-with-bojidar-marinov/
-Belief in an executive government (our government) is idolatry. An executive government is one that makes laws. If government can make laws, they are a god. Only God can make laws; government’s only job is to punish those who violate God’s law.
-Torture is unbiblical.
-Questions for self-examination:
1. Do we call the cops on our neighbor for things the government ought not be involved in? Stop.
2. Do we teach our kids to respect all authority? Stop.
3. Do we teach our kids to discern proper authority?
4. Are our kids in public school? Public schools haven’t failed, but are very successful, and operating at maximum efficiency.
-The nuclear family is the building block of a Christian society.
-1 Cor. 3:21-22: The past isn’t ours. The past is forgotten. Christians are to have a future orientation.
-TO DO LIST:
Step 1. Purge the pulpits of idolatry.
-Socialists aren’t the problem; American pastors are the problem.
-If a pastor isn’t preaching rebellion at this time of injustice, he’s preaching idolatry.
-Stop donating to idolatrous churches/pastors/ministries.
-We are responsible for rebuilding the black robed regiment.
Step 2. Starve the beast.
-Serve on a jury. Only vote to convict for biblical crimes.
-Defeat school bonds and tax increases.
-Influence the sheriff to reject federal government handouts.
-Don’t submit to the government voluntarily. Make your compliance painful and expensive.
http://reconstructionistradio.com/freedom-conference-the-way-of-wise-rebellion/
Here are the highlights from session 3:
Our job is to eliminate:
1. Standing armies. A standing army would have been repugnant to the founding fathers, and it is repugnant to God’s law.
2. Police. Police are a domestic standing army. Any sheriff who has a single piece of equipment from the military isn’t a local. He’s a government henchman.
3. Taxing Agencies. Taxation for any other purpose than that in Romans 13 is theft.
4. Sin tax. Sin taxes are the attempt of a god to reach into our hearts to try to change us.
5. Public school.
6. Economic regulations.
7. Econimic subsidies. Including agriculture, welfare, minimum wage, federal reserve, immigration restrictions.
– 1 Cor. 11:3: “…the head of every man is Christ.” This is a political statement. Government is not the head of any man.
http://reconstructionistradio.com/freedom-conference-the-evil-of-the-executive-state/
Happy Independence Day! Today is a day of celebrating the Christian heritage of standing for our God-given rights and opposing the tyranny of King George. It’s also a day of weeping for the rights we’ve so willingly given up, and the fact that so many Americans don’t get it.
Here are the notes from Session #2:
-History is the perfection of Christian creeds over time.
-To believe there is no difference between a Christian and pagan society is to believe the gospel is powerless.
-The church is God’s prophetic voice to the nations.
-The beast of Revelation 13 is tyrannical government. The stars and stripes are the image of the beast. The beast doesn’t allow buying and selling without taking the mark. Government doesn’t allow buying and selling without licenses, permits, Social Security number, work visa, and on and on.
-God can write his law on our hearts. Satan has to attempt to control our bodies, and he uses coercive government.
-God’s law says you’re only under the authority of government when you commit a crime and there are two witnesses.
http://reconstructionistradio.com/freedom-conference-the-sovereignty-of-god-vs-the-sovereignty-of-man/
This is the audio from the Freedom Conference held in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Bojidar Marinov spoke in 4 sessions, and it is fantastic. I’ll post the notes I took, and post a link to each audio in the next few posts.
HIGHLIGHTS:
-We have a God-given duty to rebel against a government that violates people’s rights. The line drawn in the Bible is between wise rebellion and unwise rebellion–not between rebelling and not rebelling.
-Respect to authority is bad (except where it is biblical as in the case of children with their parents, etc).
-Romans 13, far from being a call to blind obedience to government, is a full-scale idealogical challenge to Rome (and Washington D.C., Denver, Fremont County and the city of Canon City). Romans 13 is dynamite laid at the foundation of wicked government.
http://reconstructionistradio.com/freedom-conference-the-biblical-christian-duty-to-rebel/
I saw this post on Facebook listing the pledges of allegiance in the Bible. They’re in the Bible, so that means they’re biblical, right? I hope these make you think about whether saying the pledge of allegiance to the American flag is a good idea.
Daniel 3:3-6 Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.
Daniel 6:6-7 Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever! All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
John 19:15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”
Oh say can you Caesar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HX0Z-LLMVI