The year is 2017. The idea of
"Liberty Under
God" has caught on like wildfire. Christians have been
energized to put their faith into practice in concrete ways that are
reshaping America family by family, neighborhood by neighborhood, business
by business. There has been a massively successful movement of
pro-capitalist, anti-socialist, free-market libertarians to privatize
government programs and replace their functions with voluntary associations,
corporations, charities, and other organizations all competing against each
other for the dollars of consumers who value their products and services.
The movement was funded almost single-handedly by Mukesh Malayalam, the
inventor of the Geo-Mag® energy system, which harnesses the earth's natural
magnetic fields to produce electricity, and drove the price
of oil to below $4.50 a barrel. Malayalam, the famous Pakistani child
prodigy, moved his world headquarters to Surprise,
Arizona, in Maricopa County, and within 5 years doubled the population
of Arizona, providing jobs and "free
energy" to millions. Malayalam's philanthropic foundation, which
quickly surpassed the assets of the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, invested billions of dollars in television
ads, movies, school curricula, and celebrities in music to push Malayalam's
pro-capitalist agenda of "more
responsibility, less government, and with God's help, a better world."
Hundreds of millions of energy consumers around the world, grateful for
plummeting energy costs, eagerly scooped up the pro-capitalist vision, with
Mel Gibson's pro-capitalist movies shattering box-office and broadband
records, and dozens of new music artists leading aging singers in bringing
libertarianism to the top of the pop charts.
First to go was government welfare. Free energy was providing jobs for
all -- even in the collapsing oil industry -- and dropping prices while
raising real wage rates.
Churches and voluntary associations quickly moved in to cover the needs of
the few who had been left behind. "Voluntary giving has always been
greater than tax-funded government handouts," said Franklin Graham, son
of the late evangelist and head of the "Samaritan's
Purse" charitable clearinghouse. "We've always been confident
that if government got out of the way, churches and other private charities
could meet the needs of the poor more efficiently and more personally,
adding a spiritual dimension which government has tended to lock out."
Education was also rapidly privatized, and test scores skyrocketed as
juvenile crime plummeted. Malayalam's Geo-Mag® industries set the trend by
establishing schools for children of employees, and these students -- if
they didn't stay on with Malayalam's growing Geo-Mag® empire -- were being
snatched up by neighboring Maricopa County hi-tech industries while similar
students on the East Coast still languished in crime-ridden public high
schools. Soon the apprenticeship model swept the West and spread East, and
traditional government schooling was quickly recognized as the dinosaur it
had long become.
One government agency after another on both the local and state level was
abolished as private-sector counterparts began adopting Malayalam's many
technological innovations and left government agencies in the dust. After
Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California effectively eliminated all state
borders between themselves with the adoption of the SunBelt Economic Pact
(SEP), the aging Ted Kennedy, in a move that outraged his followers and led
in 2010 to the end of his long political career, proposed a similar
unification of the Northeast. Kennedy's call was seen as an abandonment of
the nearly-anachronistic pro-government principles of the Democrat Party,
which were already experiencing death-throes in the West. Polls indicated
that more than 80% of Americans (but only about half in the Northeast)
supported Capitalism and favored abolition of nearly all government
programs.
In a movement led by Speaker of the House Ron
Paul (R) of Houston TX, the Federal Government had been reduced in size
by nearly 75% since the Presidential Election of 2008. Now just one year
away in 2018, "The Abolition Amendment" was expected to be
approved by the legislature of the last state necessary to make it the final
amendment of the U.S. Constitution, as the Ohio and Pennsylvania
legislatures raced against each other to be the state that put it over the
top, securing the 3/4 necessary to ratify the proposed 29th Amendment to the
Constitution.
Also dubbed "The Last American Revolution," "The Abolition
Amendment" has two short sections:
(A) The Constitution of the United States is hereby declared null and
void, the federal government abolished, and all powers of the federal
government are hereby returned to the People or to the several States,
from which they were delegated.
(B) Section (A) of this Amendment shall take effect upon the vote of
the entire People of the United States on the first Tuesday of November,
2018.
While momentum to abolish all traces of socialism was rapidly making the
proposed Amendment superfluous, Americans are starkly divided over the
Amendment itself. Many people, even among those who support capitalism and
abolition of uncompetitive government programs, feel a sense of
sentimentalism and patriotism which won't allow the idea of abolishing the
United States to take root, even though one-fourth of the states have
effectively been abolished, and Washington D.C. has nearly been emptied of
its power, especially since the Defense Department was virtually abolished
by Malayalam's perfection of "scalar
wave" weapons in 2009. (Malayalam's victory over Defense Department
attempts to confiscate scalar wave technology and monopolize it was the
subject of Mel Gibson's blockbuster movie in 2011.)
But perhaps the most curious source of opposition to the Abolition
Amendment is the North-LaHaye coalition.
Tim LaHaye was the co-author of
the "Left
Behind" fiction series, a best-selling series of books and movies
at the turn of the century which made him a multi-millionaire before his
[ironic event]. LaHaye had just reached his 90th birthday. Gary
North was the author of Unholy
Spirits, a book which was as obscure in its lifetime as LaHaye's was
popular. North was the heir of the "Christian Reconstruction"
movement that secured the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, according to Newsweek
magazine, which dubbed the Chalcedon
Foundation the "think tank" of the Religious Right. North's
1994 book, itself a revision of a 1976 book, None
Dare Call it Witchcraft, was revised again in 2007 after Malayalam's
rise to celebrity status. North, expanding the claims of his earlier book,
claimed the prodigy's powers were demonic. LaHaye labeled Malayalam "an
obvious candidate" for the "antichrist." Both LaHaye and
North, who for decades jousted with each other over competing views of
prophecy and the future, together rallied conservative Christians to join
the "Romans 13 Foundation" in Pensacola Fl, which surprised many
observers and even many conservatives with its strident opposition to the
Abolition Amendment.
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Romans 13:1-7
- Let every soul be subject
unto the higher powers. For there is no power
but of God: the powers that be are ordained of
God.
- Whosoever therefore resisteth
the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and
they that resist shall receive to themselves
damnation.
- For rulers are not a terror
to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then
not be afraid of the power? do that which is
good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
- For he is the minister of God
to thee for good. But if thou do that which is
evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword
in vain: for he is the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth
evil.
- Wherefore ye must needs be
subject, not only for wrath, but also for
conscience sake.
- For for this cause pay ye
tribute also: for they are God's ministers,
attending continually upon this very thing.
- Render therefore to all their
dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom
to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to
whom honour.
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Romans 13 is a Biblical text with a
long pedigree in Western Political thought, a heritage which was largely
forgotten until resurrected by the North-LaHaye coalition. "The Powers
that Be," an oft-heard phrase taken as the title of a pro-capitalist
DVD that went quintuple-platinum in just the first two months of 2010, is
taken from the language of the 13th chapter of the Apostle Paul's letter to
the Romans. "They are ordained of God," said North of "the
Powers," quoting a subsequent phrase in the Apostle's letter. "The
Abolition Amendment is pure anarchy, and will bring down the judgment of God
upon America," North warned.
Although North has a reputation as an alarmist, his warning against
"anarchism" is not unfounded. "The Abolition Amendment"
is widely seen as a referendum on the entire concept of "the
government." Pro-capitalist forces have stressed the "non-aggression
axiom," the idea that it is always immoral to initiate force
against another. Citing the failure of socialist economies around the world,
many pro-capitalist leaders have forthrightly called for "the
end of government as we know it," an ironic twist on a slogan from
the now-discredited Clinton Administration of the 1990's, and the short
reign of Bill Clinton as Secretary-General of the United Nations before its
scandal-ridden downfall in 2012. Capitalists say recent trends illustrate capitalist
theory by showing that socialism and government bureaucracies simply
cannot compete with the private sector in providing goods and necessary
public services, such as welfare, education, and dispute
resolution.
The phrase "The Last American Revolution," often heard
accompanying pro-Amendment discourse, hearkens back to America's original
revolution against the "Divine Right of Kings" and replacement of
British monarchy with the American experiment, "the Consent of the
Governed." Pro-Amendment capitalists contend that the entire concept of
"the government" contradicts the principle of consent, in contrast
to businesses and voluntary associations, which must raise capital through
voluntary consent rather than coercion and confiscatory taxation.
Repudiation of the entire concept of "the government" is seen by
secular capitalists as the next leap in human evolution, and by Christian
capitalists as a bulwark of defense against the "New World Order."
It's All Up to You
The date is now November 1, 2018. The election, which, despite the claims
of the last four Presidential elections, can legitimately lay claim to being
"the most important election in our generation," is days away.
Polls have been ubiquitous. Some have suggested that the Internet has made
it possible to poll literally every American, instead of merely thousands,
and it can be safely said that exactly 50% of Americans are prepared to vote
for the Amendment, while exactly 50% are committed to voting against
it. You will be the deciding vote. Your one vote
will determine whether we abolish "the government" in America.
How will you vote?
You may be thinking, "Has America gone nuts?!
Abolish the government??"
This is an understandable reaction. Many would have agreed with you a few
years ago, but they've changed their minds. Not only have they not gone
nuts, but they firmly believe that if the Americans who signed our
Constitution were to travel through time into the 21st century, they would
think we were nuts. "Why do you tolerate these
abuses?" they would demand:
We risked "our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" to
fight taxes which were only 3-5%, and you pay ten times as much, to
finance atheistic education and give foreign aid to muslim dictators! Has
America gone nuts?
Many Americans now think we're nuts to tolerate "the
government." They want to share with you the ideas that changed their
minds. They think you'll be better off studying what they studied that
brought them to the conclusion that we would be better off without "the
government." America in 2018 has studied the Bible, and they have
studied pro-capitalist, pro-American thinkers. Can you go wrong by studying
the Bible and learning more about capitalism? Then please let this website
be your tour guide into the future. Prepare yourself for "the Last
American Revolution."
The rest of this website is not a fictional account of this future
election. It is a manifesto and a handbook, designed to prepare you for such
a future election. It is designed to equip you to vote "yes" if
given the opportunity to abolish "the government." Until that
election is held, you will be faced with millions of opportunities to
replace socialism with capitalism, step by step. You must be prepared to
take advantage of those opportunities.
What is your label?
Many people are uncomfortable reading new ideas unless they have the idea
labeled by an official labeler. "I'm a Democrat, so I only read ideas
which have been labeled 'Democrat' by official Democrat organizations."
As many Republicans think the same way. The Founding Fathers would be
disappointed with both political parties. We have a new label for our idea,
a new way to look at "Liberty Under God":
Anarcho-Theocracy
When we say "Liberty" we mean "Anarchy."
When we say "Under God" we mean "Theocracy."
"Anarchy" and "Theocracy"
are usually understood to be exact opposites:
| "Anarchy" is
non-Christian |
"Theocracy" is Christian |
| "Anarchy" means no
government |
"Theocracy" means total
government |
"Anarcho-Theocracy"
would thus appear to be a complete contradiction in terms. It is, however,
the logical maximization of "Liberty
Under God," and it is the technically precise description of
the system advocated on this website.
| When we say "Anarchy"
we mean pure
Laissez-faire Capitalism. We don't mean chaos
and lawlessness, we mean the complete absence of governmental
restrictions on individual Liberty. We believe such a repeal of
governmental restrictions on Liberty will help eliminate
chaos and lawlessness. Maybe we're wrong, but at least you better
understand what we mean by "anarchy" or "Liberty" --
no politicians, no bureaucrats, no "government," as in "THE
government." Stripped of their non-rational emotional connotations,
"Liberty
Under God" and "Anarchy
Under God" are equivalent
(obviously, "anarchy" and "UnderGod" are almost
never paired together). |
When we say "Theocracy"
we obviously don't mean government-imposed religion, because we
just got rid of "THE Government" in the
paragraph at left! (Knee-jerk reactions cannot be substituted for
thoughtful analysis.) By "Theocracy" we mean a nation "Under
God." We mean a society that generally recognizes that the
existence of God is a "self-evident truth." A society which is
generally committed to obeying "the
Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." In this "utopia"
there will always be a few who will not obey God's Commandments, but the
rest of society will be committed to dealing with such people in
a Christlike manner. |
- America's Founding Fathers said "We the People" have two
duties:
• A duty to abolish
any government that tramples on God-given rights
• A duty to acknowledge
God and worship Him.
This is a duty human beings have even
when they hold political office.
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- "Liberty
Under God" cannot exist under traditional forms of
government, such as
- a monarchy
an aristocracy
a democracy,
a republic
or any other similar form of government. These forms of government are
all contaminated by The
Big Lie, and inevitably degenerate into "Tyranny
under Man." "Liberty
Under God" can only exist in a society which might be
labeled an "Anarcho-Theocracy."
Please do not neglect that link. It's not a marketable name at present, but
history, logic, and law - especially the Law of God - show "Anarcho-Theocracy"
to be the only alternative, and the only foundation for "Liberty
Under God."
Let's Talk About "Extremism"
We like Barry Goldwater's line from the 1964 Republican National
Convention:
Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice;
moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Jesus Christ said if you are not an extremist, you are not a Christian.
In fact, if you are not an extremist, you make Jesus puke:
"I
know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish
you were cold or hot. {16}
So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I
will vomit you out of My mouth."
Revelation 3:15-16 |
Can you be a half-way follower of Christ?
No. If Jesus is not 100% your Lord and Master, He is not lord at
all and you deceive yourself.
If you reserve even a whit of autonomy
for yourself, you are in fact claiming complete sovereignty. Even if you
choose to follow Jesus 99% of
the time, it is still YOU who are choosing, you who approve of 99%
of Jesus' commands, you who put yourself in the place of God and judge
some of what Christ said to be wrong,
you who are acting as lord of your life. You view religion as a
Smorgasbord. You pick and choose depending on what YOU like, but do not view
the Word of God as an absolutely binding package deal. Everybody
agrees with something Jesus said, even some real sickos. A
Christian is someone who believes everything Jesus said.
Nothing less than full submission counts for anything.
If you disagree with this, then you want to be at point "M" on
the chart below:
| Extreme |
Middle of the Road |
Extreme |
| A B C D E F G
H I J K L |
M |
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
| Tyranny |
Apathy |
Anarchy |
| Atheism |
Lukewarm |
Theocracy |
| Hate |
Indifference |
Love |
If you are not an extremist in defense of "Liberty
Under God," what is the guiding principle that keeps you
from being a defender of tyranny, atheism and hate? Is "moderation"
the Grand Principle that you believe will keep America from collapsing into
chaos and lawlessness? When Jesus said "Love your neighbor," was
He really just telling us not to hate our neighbor, to avoid
extremes, and have an attitude of "moderation" toward our
neighbor? Can Lukewarm Indifference ever be Christlike?
Even if our goal were no more than "moderation," if you are at
point "A," we must advocate "Z" in order to get you to
point "M," because A + M only brings you to point
"G."
We advocate "Z" on the scale above. We're trying to get you to
adopt "Z" as your position as well. If we move you toward
"Z" to any degree, we've succeeded. For now.
The goal of this website is to prove that we cannot have too much
"Liberty Under
God." If someone attributes a social problem to "Liberty
Under God," it's actually because there either is
- not enough Liberty (too many bureaucrats, too much money being
extorted from taxpayers, too many people being locked up with sociopaths
in federal prisons, too much government interference with the
laws of economics), or
- not enough obedience to God. NO social problem is ever
a case of politicians needing more power or society needing more
violence.
A Nation Under Which God?
On March 6, 1799,
President John Adams issued an official Presidential
Proclamation urging (but not compelling) Americans to join "as a
society" in "a day of solemn humiliation, fasting, and
prayer," to
- call to mind our numerous offenses against the Most High God,
confess them before Him with the sincerest penitence,
- implore His pardoning mercy, through the Great Mediator and
Redeemer, for our past transgressions,
- and that through the grace of His Holy Spirit we may
be disposed and enabled to yield a more suitable obedience to His
righteous requisitions in time to come;
President Adams wanted this prayer to be declared officially and observed
publicly, "giving to it the character of a national
act." America, a nation "under God," was not under just any
god, but the God of the Bible. [more]
200 years ago America's Founding Fathers fought
for a nation of "Liberty Under
God," the God described in the column on the left; the U.S.
government of today fought for a nation under the god described in the
column on the right:
| John
Locke,
Two Treatises on Government, Bk II sec 135.
[T]he Law of Nature stands as an eternal rule to all men,
legislators as well as others. The rules that they make for other
men's actions must . . . be conformable to the
Law of Nature, i.e., to the will of God. [L]aws human must be made
according to the general laws of Nature, and without contradiction
to any positive law of Scripture, otherwise they are ill made.
Proclamation of February 28, 1795 by Samuel Adams, issued
while he was Massachusetts Governor:
THE supreme Ruler of the Universe, having been pleased, in the
course of his Providence, to establish the Independence of the United
States of America, and to cause them to assume their rank, among the
nations of the Earth, and bless them with Liberty, Peace and Plenty;
we ought to be led by Religious feelings of Gratitude; and to walk
before Him, in all Humility, according to his most Holy Law.-But, as
the depravity of our Hearts has, in so many instances drawn us aside
from the path of duty, so that we have frequently offended our Divine
and Merciful Benefactor; it is therefore highly incumbent on us,
according to the ancient and laudable practice of our pious Ancestors,
to open the year by a public and solemn Fast.-That with true
repentance and contrition of Heart, we may unitedly implore the
forgiveness of our Sins, through the merits of Jesus Christ,
and humbly supplicate our Heavenly Father, to grant us the aids of his
Grace, for the amendment of our Hearts and Lives, and vouchsafe his
smiles upon our temporal concerns:
I HAVE therefore thought fit to appoint, and with the advice and
consent of the Council, I do hereby appoint Thursday, the Second Day
of April next, to be observed as a Day of Public Fasting, Humiliation
and Prayer throughout this Commonwealth.... |
LAW OF ADMINISTRATION
FOR THE STATE OF IRAQ
FOR THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
8 March 2004
CHAPTER ONE – FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES
Article 7.
A) Islam is the official
religion of the State and is to be considered a source of legislation.
No law that contradicts the
universally agreed tenets of Islam, the principles of
democracy, or the rights cited in Chapter Two of this Law may
be enacted during the transitional period. This Law
respects the Islamic identity of the majority of the Iraqi people and
guarantees the full religious rights of all individuals to freedom of
religious belief and practice.
Coalition
Provisional Authority
[A new Iraqi Constitution is due August 15, 2005]
For a view of Sam Adams'
original proclamation, click
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Here are the key issues in the debate over abolishing "the
government."
- 1. Capitalism
and Pacifism
- Can you define "capitalism?" Most people think America is a
"capitalist" nation, but that is no longer the case.
"Capitalism" is persuasion rather than coercion. It means
refusing to initiate force or violence against another in order to get
your way. Understanding "capitalism" in this way changes
everything.
- 2. Capitalism
and Theocracy
- People today generally have a negative reaction to the words
"pacifism" and "theocracy." Both of those words lead
to "capitalism" and a peaceful, prosperous, and orderly
society.
- Now you're ready for the links below.
Here is where more detailed study begins:
P.S. - Back to the Future
Before the election of 2018
takes place, a significant anniversary is observed.
In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his "95
Theses" to the door of the church and challenged the churchmen to a
debate, a debate which was ultimately won by the Reformers.
2017 will mark the 500th
anniversary of that momentous
event.
Luther's 95 Theses challenged the Church's
claim that it could sell Justification. Luther claimed that Justification
was a gift that could not be earned or bought, but could only be accepted by
faith.
The Protestant Reformation is over.
The Protestant doctrine of Justification by Faith transformed Western
Civilization, but is now dead, having been replaced by the doctrine of justification
by easy believism. Calvin's doctrine of the sovereignty of God gave
birth to America, but the U.S. Supreme Court has infallibly declared the
sovereignty of man.
The time has come for a new 95 Theses.
Socialism, communism, fascism, imperialism, and
"democracy"
have enslaved more people than the medieval church. It is arguably darker
now than it was in "the dark ages." LIBERTY
UNDER GOD can only be restored
by a "paradigm
shift." That momentous shift in thinking, which we hope might be
reflected in the momentous election of 2018, may be precipitated by a new 95
Theses:
Ninety-Five
Theses on "The State"
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