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**trettegeani** · 03-10-2012, 08:27 PM

Anarchy is simply the lack of a state. The idea being that no Christian can use force against people, so no Christian can create or participate in government, which is essentially an instrument of force.

Government goes beyond power to include authority, which is acknowledgement of power. Members of a state recognise the requirement for co-operation and consensus, as productive of enterprise and benefit. Coercion is an omnipresent possibility, but not the sole function of a state, which exists also to administrate via legality. Even despotism requires assent, or it could not stand. Generally, states are peaceful.

As for Christianity, there is no need for observance, structure, or ritual whatsoever. Actually these things get in the way. You're just creating more Pharisees... Necessity is moot, where we consider that no two will people meet God in quite the same way. Religions exist to bridge the gap between incomprehension and faith, which alone is blind. I think you're perhaps mistaking ritual for identification with materiality, which would certainly defeat the object. They're intended only as signposts, not toll booths.

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trettegeani Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	Anarchy is simply the lack of a state. The idea being that no Christian can use force against people, so no Christian can create or participate in government, which is essentially an instrument of force. Government goes beyond power to include authority, which is acknowledgement of power. Members of a state recognise the requirement for co-operation and consensus, as productive of enterprise and benefit. Coercion is an omnipresent possibility, but not the sole function of a state, which exists also to administrate via legality. Even despotism requires assent, or it could not stand. Generally, states are peaceful. As for Christianity, there is no need for observance, structure, or ritual whatsoever. Actually these things get in the way. You're just creating more Pharisees... Necessity is moot, where we consider that no two will people meet God in quite the same way. Religions exist to bridge the gap between incomprehension and faith, which alone is blind. I think you're perhaps mistaking ritual for identification with materiality, which would certainly defeat the object. They're intended only as signposts, not toll booths.
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