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user-inactivated  ·  1563 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A dash of cold water for Christian anarchism

I kind of have some reflections on this, but kind of not.

Off the cuff, I did not know that anarchism was anything anyone really took seriously as a way to live life, but more like "Here are some illustrative concepts that work sometimes, but they're more thought experiments to influence philosophy than anything really concrete to build policy on."

In regards to non-violence, I guess I'm in the minority when I think pacifism/non-violence doesn't necessarily mean anti-military/non-action. The example I tend to use is that firefighters are supposed to fight fires. As soon as they see an incentive to start fires, we need to take a hard long look at things.

Not a Christian, but to the best of my understanding there's a ton of community building philosophy to Christianity, and communities need governance. So the idea that Christianity and anarchism can go hand in hand is kind of hard for me to grasp.

Quatrarius, how did you stumble on this? It might take a while for me to reply, I'm heading out for the day, but I think I'm less interested in what I think of this piece and I'm much more interested in what you think about it and why you decided to share it. I'm intrigued to say the least.