Comments on: Can Christians Be Libertarians?

By: Norman Horn

Norman Horn — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:35:00 +0000

Thanks so much, Scott!

By: Scott H

Scott H — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:47:00 +0000

Norman, thanks so much for your site. As a fellow libertarian christian, I live out the daily struggle of trying to lovingly point out the paradox / immorality of federally mandated charity to my friends on the left, as well as the absurdity of ‘anti-sin’ laws and aggression-based foreign policies to my friends on the right. Your articles are a great asset! Be blessed…

By: Norman Horn

Norman Horn — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:49:00 +0000

Jon: Who exactly are you responding to here? The “official” position of LCC is outlined in the following article: http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/07/05/gay-rights-marriage-and-government-intervention/

By: Jon Dykstra

Jon Dykstra — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:41:00 +0000

On the issue of gay “marriage” you are allowing your libertarianism to trump your Christianity. As libertarians we might think this is a question of rights and freedoms. But as Christians we should understand the question is not whether homosexuals should be allowed to marry, but rather, is it within the government’s power to redefine an institution made by God? When the proper question is asked, the proper answer is obvious.

By: John Churilla

John Churilla — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0000

Baptise traditions is the reason the Baptise church is becoming the modern day Pharisee church , I attended southern baptise church for over 10 yrs ….there building Program of a bigger build and the 501c3 status is killing the church , for they can not tell the truth and its causing the churches to become Pharisee driven and rather sicking , it is all about program and little about real truth …the modern day church is in REAL TROUBLE…saying that I still think a person should not forsake them self and there family from attending one of those church buildings ..Christ is the head of the church even though Pharisees and sadducees run most of them in America

By: John Churilla

John Churilla — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:17:00 +0000

you almost sound like a JW legalistic or how about Pharisee

By: John Churilla

John Churilla — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:14:00 +0000

how about lets go back to constitution …many dont know how far we drifted from it.

By: John Churilla

John Churilla — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0000

George I dont read what your reading into this …if you think the right V.S left arguments are working …well you should not complain about the Gov. or who is controlling the white house everything will stay the way it is …learn not to complain… your suburban lifestyle and your cubical at work has gotten to your Brain . stop drinking a pot of coffee in the morning and eating yourself into larger pants every yr. and just say i am getting old .. you may be watching fox news ..turn it off. its killing you. dont go to CNN or the others either there just a dumb.

By: George Demarse

George Demarse — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:05:00 +0000

This article is ludicrous. It is not possible for a Christian to hold simultaneously that Government should not help the poor, the homeless, the elderly because it should be “limited” (whatever that means) and also act on Biblical principles such as “treat thy neighbor as thyself;” “give away your money and walk with Jesus;” “you are commanded to help the poor;” etc., etc. Libertarianism is just an excuse for Christians to maintain an attitue of “I’ve got mine–screw you.”

A Libertarian could argue, however, that individual “charity” is the only true way mandated to help anybody in this world–the only thing the Bible commands. We all know this is bologna. Individual charity, which is voluntary, barely puts a dent in global poverty, needed global health care or homelessness. It does not significantly alleviate the problems. It hardly reaches the Biblical mandate to “love thy neighbor as thyself.”

George DeMarse
The Sage of Wake Forest

By: Mitchell Powell

Mitchell Powell — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:57:00 +0000

The worst cases of the strong exploiting the weak occur under the most intrusive governments. There’s nothing wrong with children working, so long as it doesn’t reach the point of abuse — and let us remember that child labor was over 95% abolished by the market before the government reached in and passed a law against it in the 1930′s to take credit as government for what freedom had already done. If you want to find the most polluted nations on earth, look at the Soviet Union, where government was ostensibly out to protect people. Libertarianism does not hold that man is an island; only that a world where we all “live together and help one another” is better achieved under conditions where far less institutionalized violence occurs. The role of government is most definitely to “obligate people”: there are thousands of institutions out there, and the fundamental difference between them and government is that government claims the right to use physical force to make everyone do what it wants. Let’s not pretend government is merely an enlightened force handing out helpful suggestions.