Tag Archives: Bojidar Marinov

Theonomy

The Relationship Between Libertarianism and Theonomy

Maximum freedom is found in God’s law.

Here’s what Bo Marinov has to say:

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The libertarian presuppositions are Biblical presuppositions. Where the libertarian presuppositions deviate from the Bible, they also deviate from libertarianism. Theocracy is the closest thing to radical libertarianism that can be had. Anything short of theocracy is short of libertarianism as well. Thus, if you don’t have libertarian presuppositions, you are not a real theonomist. If you think that there is anything closer to radical libertarianism than theonomy, you don’t understand theonomy, and you don’t understand libertarianism.

Christianity

Question and Answer Time

Someone asked Bojidar Marinov about whether local church membership is the decentralized solution we hope for, and that speaking of the universal church and downplaying the local church is more of a collectivist (bad) way of thinking.

Bojidar’s Answer:

The argument here is not between the local church and the universal church. The argument here is between the individual and the local church. Notice how no one argues against local ACTION. We are arguing against MANDATORY “local church membership.” If a group of people got together and decided, “We will act locally,” this is one thing. When a group of people got together and said, “No one is legitimate unless they submit to us,” this is another thing altogether.

It is like the clan of which I wrote in my article in clan society. Yes, the clan may act locally, but the ideology of the clan is just as collectivist as that of the totalitarian state. Our argument against the clan is the nuclear family. In the same way, the “local church membership” is where collectivism is. Our argument is: the individual doesn’t need that “membership” in order to be a Christian.

Besides, “local church membership” is never used to ACT locally. It is always used to NOT act at all. No group needs formal membership to act. The very purpose of formal membership is to limit action.

The concept of the universal church here is invoked not to replace the local church as a bureaucracy with the universal church as a bureaucracy. The universal church as defined by the Reformed Confessions is not an organization. It is only used to oppose a different concept of membership to the bureaucratic concept. It is not that an individual “joins” a church. It is that in baptism, an individual becomes part of the Church, and therefore the Church goes with him when he goes out in the world.

To use the example of the clan again, we do not replace the clan with a bigger clan, the state. We oppose the clan with Christendom.

Abolish The Police, The Way Things Ought to Be, Theonomy

The Best Thing You Will Read All Week

Bojidar Marinov posted this article

https://fee.org/articles/immigration-controls-are-socialist/

about how closed borders (the position of Republicans, Democrats and the vast majority of idolatrous, American Christianity) is the socialist position.

A guy objects to the fact that immigration controls are socialist by saying, “Yeah, well we no longer live in a time of peace, border control is necessary….”

Bo says, “It’s the other way around. We don’t live in a time of peace exactly because of the same ideology which also promotes closed borders. As long as we have closed borders, we will have no peace. God doesn’t grant peace to those who rebel against His Law.”

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry.

Abolish The Police, Abortion, Police Abuse, Power Trip

Like I Said

This is great, from Bojidar Marinov.

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The laws against abortion are on the books in every state. Roe v. Wade was actually the SCOTUS vs. the State of Texas. Under the state laws of at least 35 states, abortions are still illegal. Sheriffs are not elected to serve the Supreme Court. They serve their counties, and thus, they enforce the laws of their counties and states, not opinions of the Supreme Court. Therefore, if these Sheriffs were what they said they were, they would enforce the laws of their counties and states.

Modern police has supplanted what America originally had: citizen’s militia. The real authority, morally and constitutionally, is that citizen’s militia of the Second Amendment, and the courts. That authority has been de facto taken away from them, and given to an institution of executive power – the police.

I am calling the people back to their Biblical and Constitutional origins. I never said that individual citizens are supposed to shut the abortion clinics. But I am saying that we are supposed all, as individual citizens, to work and fight to restore the Biblical order. In a Biblical order, the citizen’s militia will suppress any attempt at setting up abortion clinics. Under the current order, police keeps them open, and that is what I use to prove that this social order is not Biblical.

Yes, eventually we will get to shutting down the abortion clinics, in defiance of the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, there is work to be done: educate the people to know why the current situation persists, and why they can’t change it. One reason: they believe police is a legitimate authority. They need to break free of that lie. It is not. Police is an occupation army, and we should treat it as one. That is, shrewdly and carefully undermine its authority until the time is ripe to abolish it. And yes, eventually, we as citizens will shut down the clinics.

The issue is timing not consistency. Paul knew slavery would be abolished one day. He just started the fight strategically, not stupidly.

Read my article on “Paul’s Political Debate Against Augustus.” And listen to my lectures from the Freedom Conference earlier this year.

Abolish The Police, Police Abuse, Power Trip

White People

More unarmed black guys have been killed by police and blacks are rioting and destroying things.

One thing that Bojidar Marinov points out is that it is completely inconsistent to celebrate the Boston Tea Party and decry the current rioting going on. At least $2.5 million worth of tea was destroyed at the Boston Tea Party.

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I talk to my friends, who are all white, and they’re scared of doing anything to rebel against the government, and I can certainly see why; the government is violent. But the black rioters don’t seem to be scared of anything.

I think they are not applying their energy in the right direction. They need to go break innocent people out of jail or organize a way to respond rapidly when the cops show up to evict someone for not paying their property or income taxes.

Abolish The Police, Police Abuse, Power Trip

Another Police Victim

Here’s wise words from Bojidar Marinov

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Since I was asked to weigh in on Terence Crutcher’s murder, I would offer the following:

No one should be surprised that cops are murderers in cold blood. That’s what police was created for in the first place – to subjugate a free people. Just like government schools, government welfare, government central banks and currency, government regulations, government security – that is, police – was created to serve the government against its own citizens.

What will be much more worthy of our attention, though, will be the actions of the prosecution, which will find ways to save the murderer from justice. And then watch the police unions. When they step in to support the murderer, and no individual cops speak up against this support, you will know exactly how many good cops are there in Oklahoma. That is, ZERO.

Thus, all the talk about “better training” is useless. Better training on thugs in uniforms will only make them more skillful thugs. The truth is, police must be abolished. It’s a standing army, the arm of tyranny.

Theonomy

Bojidar’s Recommended Reading

This is Bojidar Marinov’s recommended reading list for Christian reconstruction. I’ve read a few on this list, but I still have a ways to go. He can definitely recommend books faster than I can read them.

Many of these can be had for free at Gary North’s Free Books.

 

A Recommended Reading List for Starters

November 13, 2011 at 5:57pm

 

A few weeks ago, I received a letter from a mother of two very young children who wanted to start reading so that she could train them in a thoroughly Biblical worldview. I sent her the following reply which I post here, in case some of my friends find it helpful:

Hi, R.,

Thank you very much for your encouragement! Yes, I understand how you would feel at the very beginning when you see a whole world of new ideas that really make sense but you don’t know where to start from. Here are my suggestions:

The best book to start from is Gary North’s Unconditional Surrender. It gives a short but comprehensive overview for our message – what the Bible says about God, man, time, law, what it says about the institutions (family, church, state, economy), and what it says about history and future, and our job here. Then I would also go to an old but excellent book of Gary North’s, 75 Bible Questions. It covers three sections of 25 questions each: Sovereignty, God’s or Man’s?, Law: God’s or Man’s?, The Kingdom: God’s or Man’s?

On the Law of God, start with R.J. Rushdoony, By What Standard, Greg Bahnsen, By This Standard and No Other Standard. Then, prepare for some fat books: R.J. Rushdoony,Institutes of Biblical Law – the foundational book of the Christian Reconstruction. Then, you need to take on four other fat books (but they are broken into chapters and very easy to read), Gary North’s first four volumes of his economic commentary of the Bible: The Dominion Covenant (on Genesis), Moses and Pharaoh (on the Exodus), The Sinai Strategy(on the Ten Commandments), and Tools for Dominion (on the case laws in Exodus 21-40). The books look intimidating but once you get into reading the first one, you will be excited by the new information you are learning.

On eschatology, my favorite one is Kenneth Gentry, He Shall Have Dominion. It is a defense of postmillennialism, very thorough, very academic. But there is a simpler book for starters, and it is David Chilton’s Paradise Restored – and that’s what I would advise you to start with. Kenneth Gentry also has The Greatness of the Great Commission, and I tell you, he does a great job in explaining the meaning of the Great Commission. I would also add Dennis Peacocke, Winning the Battle for the Minds of Men here.

On social action, I will recommend Gary North, Liberating Planet Earth which is part of the Biblical Blueprint Series. (The whole BBS is very good: short books, almost like textbooks, and they have been very helpful for my people in Bulgaria. I will mention some of the other BBS books later.) Gary DeMar, God and Government has been a great resource to homeschoolers – it is like textbook, and explains both the Biblical principles for government, and how America was founded. Gary North’s Tactics of Christian Resistance and Theology of Christian Resistance deserve your time too. Also, R.J. Rushdoony, Politics of Guilt and Pity, Christianity and the State, and Salvation and Godly Rule. A Book that you need to read and also give to your pastor is Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction.

On business and work, I strongly recommend Dennis Peacocke, Almighty and Sons: Doing Business God’s Way. Also, sign up for Gary North’s articles on garynorth.com. The forums there are great – many people sharing their expertise from a Christian perspective. Other books you need to read: Ian Hodge, Making Sense of Your Dollars, Terry Applegate,A Christian View of Vocation.

On economics, in addition to North’s economic commentary on the Bible, a great book isIntroduction to Christian Economics. In the Biblical Blueprints Series you will find his Inherit the Earth and Honest Money. (You have to read Honest Money, and I mean Y’ALL, both you and your husband, in these times.) R.J. Rushdoony’s CD series, Economics, Money and Hope is a great resource too. Find also Stephen Perks, The Political Economy of the Christian Society, David Chilton, Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt-Manipulators, and Ian Hodge, Baptized Inflation.

On family and education, Biblical Blueprint Series has Robert Thoburn, Children Trap, and Ray Sutton, Who Owns the Family? God or State? You have to read R.J. Rushdoony,The Philosophy of Christian Curriculum, and Stephen Perks, The Philosophy of Christian Education Explained. Two books will give you a good idea of what the public schools are: R.J. Rushdoony, The Messianic Character of American Education, and Bruce Shortt, The Harsh Truth About Public Schools. To get an idea about how a subject can be taught from a Christian perspective, get James Nickel’s Mathematics: Is God Silent?

On history, nothing beats R.J. Rushdoony’s CD set, A Christian Survey of World History, and his book, The Biblical Philosophy of History. As an American Christian, you need to read John Chamberlain, Enterprising Americans. There is more on history but I will give you more titles later, as you progress.

On psychology, R.J. Rushdoony’s Revolt Against Maturity – an excellent book, and you will learn how to evaluate yourself and your children from a Biblical perspective.

On apologetics, Greg Bahnsen is the authority: Always Ready is a simple and excellent book, Presuppositional Apologetics is more complex and academic. Pushing the Antithesiswill teach you how to defeat the enemy before they know what has come upon them.

On theology, R.J. Rushdoony, Systematic Theology and Sovereignty. You need to become familiar with John Calvin’s Institutes of Christian Religion: that book changed Europe and shaped Europe and America beyond what most historians are willing to admit.

If you need audios, the best place to go is http://www.pocketcollege.com/index.htm – over 2,000 hours of Rushdoony’s lectures!

The websites where you need regularly go for resources are http://chalcedon.edu andhttp://americanvision.org.

In all those books I am recommending above, there will be additional bibliography that will help you expand the list. If you need to consult me on a specific book or topic, don’t hesitate to email me.

Economics 101

Motivation For Racism

Who has an incentive and motivation to foment racism? Is it big business and capitalists or government or labor unions. I’ve never thought about this before, but Bojidar Marinov obviously has. Here’s what he said:

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Corporations didn’t create racism and don’t support it today. If anything, it was the rich Northern magnates of the 19th century who supported abolitionism and backed up the War between the States. There is absolutely no economic logic behind racism from the perspective of the corporations. The corporations want (1) a larger and more equalized pool of consumers; and (2) a larger supply of qualified workers. Neither is served by racism.

The real culprits behind racism are Big Labor and Big Government. Big Labor wants a smaller pool of available workers in order to have a better negotiating position. Big Government wants a divided population which would be focused on its internal divisions, and not on issues of justice. Both are served by racism.

The Biblical solution is libertarianism: Get the government out of the market altogether. Some employers may be racist and refuse to hire blacks. Thus, their marginal rates of hiring will be higher, for they will choose from a smaller pool of available workers. Other employers will take advantage of it and will hire mainly blacks.

Blacks were better off when there was no government to control the market.