God is an Anarchist
Reflections On Judeo-Christian Teachings
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A collection of essays, focusing on how modern Judeo-Christian teachings embrace statism. The essays explore several Judeo-Christian interpretations from an anarchist perspective.
I explore several modern teachings currently embraced within the Judeo-Christian heritage. Most of the topics I examine are concerned with the philosophy of statism, but every essay examines the flawed foundation upon which a particular doctrine or belief is based.
My general thesis in this collection of essays is that the philosophy of statism, and the general philosophy of using force and coercion, is not only incompatible with human existence but incompatible with the basic Judeo-Christian texts. In many essays I offer an alternate interpretation of traditional texts.
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Dedication
To anyone willing to consider different ideas and adjust his or her worldview.
Epigraph
. . . the suffering of one man is the suffering of all. Distances are irrelevant to injustice. If not stopped soon enough, evil eventually reaches out to engulf all men, whether they have opposed it or ignored it.
General Obiwan ‘Ben’ Kenobi, from the novel Star Wars by George Lucas
2. Origins
5. Family, Church, and Government
8. Churchianity
9. Products of Our Environment
10. Vanity of Vanities, All is Vanity
12. Truisms
13. Every Man Did That Which Was Right
15. A Just King
18. The Ten Commandments Revisited
19. Rahab the Harlot
20. One Wish
24. Romans 13
26. The Good News
27. Pascal’s Wager