Okay, so it's time to really get into why
we're doing this, and we'll start off with
“the 5 Ws” of Christian anarchism. We
will 
start by defining our terms. Then we will
state a theorem. Next we will attempt up front
to reconcile any objections. Lastly, we will
draw a conclusion.
Definitions
Christianity: The religion based on the life
and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians
believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah,
sent by God. They believe that Jesus, by dying
and rising from the dead, made up for the
sin of Adam and thus redeemed the world, allowing
all who believe in him to enter heaven. Christians
rely on the Bible as the inspired word of
God. 1
addendum: As Christians, we believe that Jesus
Christ is our spiritual King. Christ is God
in essence, but is the Son in person.
anarchism: The belief that all existing governmental
authority should be abolished and replaced
by free cooperation among individuals. 2
addendum: Many different “types” of anarchism
are claimed, but we submit that anarcho-capitalism
is the only true form of anarchism. We advocate
a strictly peaceful transition to anarchism;
read the About page for more.
Therefore, we can form a definition for Christian
anarchism: the advocacy of adherence to the
Word of Christ – the Law of God – instead
of government, the laws of man.
addendum: Note also that we do not advocate
a society where all members must necessarily
be Christians.﻿ We merely hold that Christians
should conform to the tenets of anarchism
in order to exercise a consistent worldview
and moral existence; read the About page for
more.
Theorem
Assuming the above definitions and a basic
understanding of first principles behind Christianity
and anarchism, we can posit a theorem:
God is the Creator and commands our worship
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me;
Exodus 20:5
As our Creator, God wants us to focus on and
devote our time (and a small portion of money)
to Him and to advancing His kingdom.
God should be the center of our lives
“Therefore everyone who hears these words
of mine and puts them into practice is like
a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 7:24
When we make God our Rock, our lives will
gain stability and comfort, and we will gain
wisdom.
God is Love and all that is moral and good
Whoever does not love does not know God, because
God is love.
1 John 4:8
God is the ultimate Perfection, the highest
standard of Good, and we are called to strive
to live up to His greatness, though we know
we will stumble every day.
Love is the greatest commandment
And now these three remain: faith, hope and
love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
We know that the greatest way we can honor
the Lord is to love one another to the absolute.
Not just in the ways that comfort us, but
in the ways that humble us, as well.
Love is an intrinsic tenet of non-aggression
The non-aggression principle holds that it
is immoral to use any order of force against
another who has not first initiated aggression
(i.e., innocent or peaceful persons).
Master, which is the great commandment in
the law?
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 22:36-39
Love your neighbor as yourself. A simple instruction,
one which most of us probably grew up hearing
and repeating. But statism does not honor
this principle – in fact, it is diametrically
opposed. How so?
Statism is aggression
Statism is funded via forcible, involuntary
extortion under the euphemism of “taxation”.
At its most fundamental level, statism sends
its enforcement agents to your door to take
a percentage of your wealth, whether you’ve
agreed to this or not. If you refuse to “pay
up”, the agents will attempt to imprison
you. If you refuse to be imprisoned, the agents
will attempt to kill you. Statism, metaphorically,
is a gun.
Statism is the opposite of Love
If statism is aggression, aggression is the
opposite of non-aggression, and non-aggression
is the practice and manifestation of Love,
then statism is the opposite of Love.
Therefore we should be morally opposed to
statism
If God is Love and statism is the opposite
of Love, then statism is the opposite of God.
Therefore, as Christians, we should be morally
opposed 
to statism.
Scriptural Support
So speak and so do as those who will be judged
by the Law of Liberty!
James 2:12
James makes clear the fact that the Law of
Liberty, or God’s Word, is to be our moral
standard.
Jesus called them together and said, “You
know that those who are regarded as rulers
of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their
high officials exercise authority over them.
Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to
become great among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first must be slave
of all. For even the Son of Man did not come
to be served, but to serve, and to give his
life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:42-45
Jesus teaches that his disciples should not
be “rulers”, or “archists”. Therefore,
what should they be?
Then Peter and the other apostles answered
and said, We ought to obey God rather than
men!
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom
ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts 5:29-30
The apostles are absolutely lucent here: we
ought to obey God rather than men. God raised
a perfect Son; mankind destroyed him. How
can we entrust power or lawmaking to any man?
The state itself crucified the embodiment
of Love and Salvation in the flesh!
Thou shalt not steal.
Exodus 20:15
One of the Ten Commandments, this is a most
primary (both basic and important) law which
most of us probably learned even before our
motor skills were fully functional. However,
somewhere along the way, we starting making
exceptions to this rule. When the state forcibly
and involuntary extorts property from a person,
they are stealing. If any person on his own
used force to take someone’s property against
their will, we would recognize it for what
it is: theft. How then do we make the logical
leap that it is a moral act if condoned by
the majority or if exercised by a man in a
uniform?
For I tell you that unless your righteousness
surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers
of the law, you will certainly not enter the
kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:20
Jesus claims that the “teachers of the law”
(man’s law) are unrighteous!
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said
by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear
thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine
oaths:
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither
by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:
neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of
the great King.
Matthew 5:33-35
We are taught not to join into oaths with
other men, but to let “yes” be yes and
“no” be no. We see a direct opposition
to that in cultural traditions such as the
Pledge of Allegiance.
If you love those who love you, what reward
will you get? Are not even the tax collectors
doing that?
Matthew 5:46
Throughout Scripture, Jesus refers to the
tax collectors (also known as publicans) as
the epitome of the evil, sinful, and unrighteous.
This is reinforced in The Parable of the Pharisee
and the Tax Collector, Zacchaeus the Tax Collector,
and many other times.
“No one can serve two masters. Either you
will hate the one and love the other, or you
will be devoted to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24
Again, the clarity of the statement shines
bright: we are to have no other master but
God the Father.
For it is not those who hear the law who are
righteous in God’s sight, but it is those
who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the
law, do by nature things required by the law,
they are a law for themselves, even though
they do not have the law. They show that the
requirements of the law are written on their
hearts, their consciences also bearing witness,
and their thoughts sometimes accusing them
and at other times even defending them.) This
will take place on the day when God judges
people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as
my gospel declares.
Romans 2:13-16
Paul tells us here that God’s Law is written
on their hearts of all men, even the unbeliever
whom does not keep God’s Law. Because of
Christ, man’s need for governments was itself
abolished; for where the Law was required
to be taught and kept by governments, it is
now known to every man instinctively in their
heart, and whether or not they recognize it
as such, they are convicted in their consciences
by the Holy Spirit.
Objections
But doesn’t the Bible tell us to be subordinate
to our government?
No doubt, the Bible references submission
to authority:
Everyone must submit himself to the governing
authorities, for there is no authority except
that which God has established. The authorities
that exist have been established by God.
Romans 13:1
But the Bible also has something similar to
say about slavery:
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything;
and do it, not only when their eye is on you
and to curry their favor, but with sincerity
of heart and reverence for the Lord.
Colossians 3:22
What can we infer from the latter verse? Does
this imply that God honors or condones slavery?
Or does it actually manifest God’s understanding
of the times, a recognition of the reality
of the evils that man has created that others
must endure?
But anarchism doesn’t account for the sinful
nature of man!
Ah, but it does! In fact, it is the only system
which does so logically. The theory behind
statism is, in order to ebb the sinful nature
of man, to put other men (of sinful nature)
in positions of power over them! What a farce!
Is it any wonder how quickly governments become
overrun through and through by corruption?
No, the only wonder is how this idea of statism,
what can only be seen as a bad joke, has instead
been passed down through the generations into
loving arms each time – a familiar demon.
A common manifestation of this position is
a negative response to the question “can
man govern himself?”. On the contrary, we
would submit: if man cannot govern himself,
how then can he govern others?!
But in anarchism, how would X get done?
Anarchism does have practical solutions for
every problem that statists argue must be
dealt with by the state, and in the near future
we will examine how some of the most imminent
problems can be dealt with in the free market.
But the greater issue is something we have
already established: statism is immoral. At
a personal level, we know it is immoral to
steal from or use violence on an innocent
person for any reason; whether to procure
our own security, our well-being, etc. Regardless,
there is no requirement for alternate solutions
to exist, to simply know that the existing
“solution” (or, more accurately, problem)
is bad and should therefore be ceased.
Okay, but how could any of this actually happen?
Our first response is, certainly not overnight.
As of this very moment, Christianarchism is
“theoretical in practice, practical in theory”
– i.e., we know it could work, but it would
not work tomorrow. Only via an intellectual
revolution/enlightenment/renaissance period
similar to that during the founding of America,
or of the Golden Age, whereby the populace
comes to an awakening of both spiritual and
philosophical principles, do we believe that
a transition to anarchism is possible. Whereas
we may advocate passive resistance and civil
disobedience, we do not condone a violent
uprising or overthrow of any sort, as such
acts would be unscriptural, immoral, and nonviable.
Here are some viable possibilities as to how
we as Christians could come to live freely
via Scriptural means:
* because rational anarchists continue to
bring about a greater understanding of the
virtues of anarchism, there is an intellectual
revolution/enlightenment/renaissance period
like there was at the US nation’s founding,
and 30 years from now the populace votes in
someone (or a party) whose platform is to
disband the state and go to a system of anarcho-capitalism.
* the US government collapses in 20 years
(which at this clearly unsustainable rate
is inevitable) and everyone has to decide
on a new state, or none at all.
* a “Free State Project” succeeds and
peaceably secedes from the Union.
Finally: the 5 Ws
Who: We believe that all men should be given
the opportunity to live in a truly free society.
However, strictly due to geographical location,
our primary focus is on the people of the
United States of America.
What: Anarchism; an accountability to God
instead of government.
When: After an understanding of the virtues
of anarchism have pervaded the society and
the people of the intellectual revolution
choose to cast off their chains, peaceably,
as one.
Where: Everywhere, but specifically, North
America. See “Who”, above.
and, most importantly, Why: Because Love and
therefore non-aggression is not only the only
moral system of man, but also because Love
is God’s greatest commandment and until
each of us fulfills that commandment – not
only in body, but in mind – we are in rebellion
towards God.
