It is amazing how Christians, those who call themselves Christians whether they go to a Church or not, talk strongly about their belief and relationship with Christ, but it is only talk. They often do good work, help others and declare their strong spirituality. They pray. They read and often quote the Bible. They sing and dance to religious themes, they fast occasionally perhaps especially during Lent, and many do not drink alcohol. They sometimes say their relationship is with Jesus and not with any Church, even if they attend one regularly. So why do they not call themselves Christian Anarchists?
We have already touched upon several reasons in my blog here. Anarchy is a word which is used pejoratively by all governments, the media and the statist general public - those who do not want change - or can see that change only coming through violence because the minority rich are not going to give up their wealth without a fight. And they will win, the statist forces of law and order are on their side and in complete control through their governments.
Christian Anarchists, quite rightly from any sort of anarchist perspective, do not want to be labelled as yet another structure pertaining to authoritarianism (I have discussed this already, authoritarianism is exercised by those who believe that their authority is only sustainable through the threat of punishment). Anarchists are totally individualistic, they want to do their own thing, fly free as a bird, but always under the dictate of Jesus Christ, do not do unto others which you would not have done to yourself. This ought to be applied to non-Christian religions, but probably is not so.
Mainstreams Christians and those who claim to be Christian even if they do not visit or attend a Church are supremely reluctant to declare forcefully that all governments are corrupt, they say so all of the time but do nothing more. They are statists. They talk about democracy and how it is the best way to have government compared to non-democratic governments, but never consider the alternative to secular governments, which has to be Christian Anarchism. They continue however, to express their spirituality as if they are Christian Anarchists, but do nothing about it except pray, fast, read the Bible, and sing. I have to say that as a Christian Anarchist this will change nothing in this world. Anarchism is an appropriate word, it is a political ideology which threatens all governments and the status quo. As Christian Anarchists this would not be violent, we will all be turning to God through Jesus, and the statist society will crumble and governments will disappear. Roll on the revolution.
I am beginning to think that we should come out, Like the gays have come out and declared in public their deranged (I think) sexuality. If our politics and Christianity are deranged, let us not be reticent at declaring them because that is how other so-called Christians see us. As an anarchist I accept the gay community but do not agree with them, and would do nothing to change their views or their life-styles, ultimately the Christian God will intervene.
We have already touched upon several reasons in my blog here. Anarchy is a word which is used pejoratively by all governments, the media and the statist general public - those who do not want change - or can see that change only coming through violence because the minority rich are not going to give up their wealth without a fight. And they will win, the statist forces of law and order are on their side and in complete control through their governments.
Christian Anarchists, quite rightly from any sort of anarchist perspective, do not want to be labelled as yet another structure pertaining to authoritarianism (I have discussed this already, authoritarianism is exercised by those who believe that their authority is only sustainable through the threat of punishment). Anarchists are totally individualistic, they want to do their own thing, fly free as a bird, but always under the dictate of Jesus Christ, do not do unto others which you would not have done to yourself. This ought to be applied to non-Christian religions, but probably is not so.
Mainstreams Christians and those who claim to be Christian even if they do not visit or attend a Church are supremely reluctant to declare forcefully that all governments are corrupt, they say so all of the time but do nothing more. They are statists. They talk about democracy and how it is the best way to have government compared to non-democratic governments, but never consider the alternative to secular governments, which has to be Christian Anarchism. They continue however, to express their spirituality as if they are Christian Anarchists, but do nothing about it except pray, fast, read the Bible, and sing. I have to say that as a Christian Anarchist this will change nothing in this world. Anarchism is an appropriate word, it is a political ideology which threatens all governments and the status quo. As Christian Anarchists this would not be violent, we will all be turning to God through Jesus, and the statist society will crumble and governments will disappear. Roll on the revolution.
I am beginning to think that we should come out, Like the gays have come out and declared in public their deranged (I think) sexuality. If our politics and Christianity are deranged, let us not be reticent at declaring them because that is how other so-called Christians see us. As an anarchist I accept the gay community but do not agree with them, and would do nothing to change their views or their life-styles, ultimately the Christian God will intervene.
