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Is God a Libertarian?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sketcher" data-source="post: 75495811" data-attributes="member: 27106"><p>Well, God himself is the God-King, which is the antithesis of Libertarianism. As for what he wants us to do before Jesus returns and sets up his government, that's a different story.</p><p></p><p>There are also differing grades of Libertarianism. It spans from small-government Milton Friedman types, all the way into anarcho-capitalism. Arguing for the virtue of Libertarianism requires clarifying <em>which</em> Libertarianism that one is arguing for.</p><p></p><p>That being said, the spectrum of Libertarians agree that the nature of man is to look out for his own needs and desires first, and when given power, this remains constant; it will result in people doing what they feel they need to do to maintain that power or aggregate more, and to abuse that power when they can get away with it. This is 100% consistent with the Bible's teaching on sin. What Libertarians believe is that when people have choices, that reduces the opportunity for other people to aggregate and abuse their power. This is observably true. They will also point to many examples of the availability of choices resulting in lifting many people out of abject poverty, and raising the standards of living that most people, not just the rich, enjoy. They will also point to more choices leading to more peaceful interactions between people. These positive effects of relative liberty make a strong case for the morality of a Libertarian approach.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I believe a Libertarian society (in the political sense) would need the church to guide it in terms of social morality. Is a Prohibition-like approach counter-productive in many ways? Yes. Does that mean that people should choose to smoke crack? No. Under Libertarianism, the government won't tell people to not smoke crack, or it may not exist at all. Therefore, moral guidance would have to come through the church.</p><p></p><p>I don't think we as a society are religious enough for this, sadly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sketcher, post: 75495811, member: 27106"] Well, God himself is the God-King, which is the antithesis of Libertarianism. As for what he wants us to do before Jesus returns and sets up his government, that's a different story. There are also differing grades of Libertarianism. It spans from small-government Milton Friedman types, all the way into anarcho-capitalism. Arguing for the virtue of Libertarianism requires clarifying [I]which[/I] Libertarianism that one is arguing for. That being said, the spectrum of Libertarians agree that the nature of man is to look out for his own needs and desires first, and when given power, this remains constant; it will result in people doing what they feel they need to do to maintain that power or aggregate more, and to abuse that power when they can get away with it. This is 100% consistent with the Bible's teaching on sin. What Libertarians believe is that when people have choices, that reduces the opportunity for other people to aggregate and abuse their power. This is observably true. They will also point to many examples of the availability of choices resulting in lifting many people out of abject poverty, and raising the standards of living that most people, not just the rich, enjoy. They will also point to more choices leading to more peaceful interactions between people. These positive effects of relative liberty make a strong case for the morality of a Libertarian approach. Personally, I believe a Libertarian society (in the political sense) would need the church to guide it in terms of social morality. Is a Prohibition-like approach counter-productive in many ways? Yes. Does that mean that people should choose to smoke crack? No. Under Libertarianism, the government won't tell people to not smoke crack, or it may not exist at all. Therefore, moral guidance would have to come through the church. I don't think we as a society are religious enough for this, sadly. [/QUOTE]
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