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I'm the creator of the new website Christianarchism.com, and I'd like to spend a few minutes telling
you about our site.
Christianarchism is what one might call a “double compound word”. The name is a
wordplay on “Christian anarchism”, the advocacy of adherence to the Word of Christ
– the Law of God – instead of government, the laws of man. But it also reads as “Christian
archism” – archism meaning “rule” – ergo, CHRIST is the only KING!
The common perception of anarchy today is chaos, lawlessness, and violence. But in fact,
anarchy simply means “no government”. There is still law, justice, and accountability
under anarchy, governed by the non-aggression principle and common law. There are various
forms of claims to anarchism, some in fact coincidentally and errantly endorsing a state
– to be specific, we endorse anarcho-capitalism, or the totally free market without any form
of state protectionism or interference or involuntary force.
To be clear, we advocate a peaceful transition to anarchism, or a stateless society. Only
via an intellectual revolution/enlightenment/renaissance period similar to that during the founding
of America, or of the Golden Age, whereby the populace comes to an awakening of both
spiritual and philosophical principles, do we believe that a transition to anarchism
is possible. Whereas we may advocate passive resistance and civil disobedience, we do not
condone a violent uprising or overthrow of any sort, as such acts would be unscriptural,
immoral, and nonviable.
We believe that the gradual progression towards reliance on the State (even in Christian societies),
particularly manifested in the United States over the past 100 years or so, has subsequently
led to a general moral decline – corresponding to a decreased reliance on God and the Church
coupled with a dilution of God’s Perfect Law into man’s imperfect and corrupt law.
Over the past couple of centuries, we have seen the human race overcome slavery, apartheid,
segregation, a deep seeded and cultural racism, and various other forms of tyranny over mankind,
at an exponential rate – except for statism. Our goal is the evolution of a truly free
society in our lifetime.
At first, the idea of Christian anarchism may seem scary (trust us, the spiritual and
intellectual battle has led to many a sleepless night), radical, and even conflicting. It
is however a very logical, consistent, and simple worldview centered around Jesus Christ
and His teachings of love, and has been around in some capacity for generations. In fact,
Leo Tolstoy was a Christian anarchist! If you hang around this site for long, you are
sure to see Tolstoy touted here and there :)
We are not classically trained philosophers, political scientists, or ministers; in fact,
we hope you will come to view us as, in a sense, “layman’s philosophers”. We realize
that, as we too are men of a sinful and imperfect nature, not all of our teachings here will
be infinitely perfect, and are therefore subject to vary slightly as we grow together spiritually.
Please bear with us, and join us in this journey to God’s Kingdom!