I could sit here a quote the bible for hours about my kingdom not being of this world, or how we are not to obey the rule of man and so on. But instead I'll start with a breif history of how my theology and politics have evolved. I casually attended a "progressive non denominational" church until the time I was in my adolescence. I then converted to mormonism with my mother at the age of twelve. After two years (and a life time subscription to both Ensign magazine and intensive therapy) in the church, I broke away. My mother followed soon after.
I spent my teens floating between Agnosticism and Zen Buddhism. Over the next few years I began merging my eastern thought with a more western faith, and set of "anti politics". I settled somewhere between Zen buddhism, Anarcho-Capitalism, and progressive Christian thought. They all began to seem interchangable to me. With both men (Gautaum Buddha and Christ) there is a constant theme of the rejection of man's world. Many point out that their motivation was far more spiritual than political. But this just reinforces the connection I see between these schools of thought.
I believe that a supreme being (i.e. the whole of universal energy) created a sort of dream world for us to explore ourselves and eachother. When we have learned to reject illusion we return to a place of perfect perception and can see that we are one again (a.k.a. "being in the kingdom of god"). At this place we are still beings of energy, but we are at a different frequency. I believe that science and the idea of divinity/god (etc.) are not at all seperate. I believe that man has used the only way it can relate to for explaining the god-earth connection. God is seen as a "father" and jesus as a "brother". It is easy for us to understand at this level.
But whatever it is that you believe God is, those of you who do believe in a supreme creator whether it be the Christian god, Mohammad, or something more panentheist such as nature being equivilant to god is irrelavent. Faith in a "higher power" is not submission to leaders, unless it is out of threat or coersion. I do not believe in God, or follow Buddha or Jesus because of the threat of the fires of hell. I follow them because I believe that their message to be true. I believe in God because I believe he does love us unconditionally. I am not by any means forced to follow any deity or prophet.
This leaves me at a place where I am a follower by choice. This means that I choose the rule of God (a.k.a. the rule of myself) over the rule of man. I have adopted Christ and Buddha's morality. It has not been forced upon me. I could choose at any time to disgard it. To me Anarchism is the belief that one can rule for himself. That man has no right to make rule over another (casting the first stone). I have always ruled myself. Now that I have a certain set of theology it doesn't mean that I have given up my own law. What I believe is that for the politics of man you must respond with products of mankind (i.e. Anarchism). But when you are an actively spiritual person you must find a form of spiritual justification (Christian Anarchism) for your cause.
Many try to discredit the idea of acceptance of a higher power in anarchism by quoting crap from the bible to try and show contradiction. But many forget that the bible contradicts itself just as many (if not more) times. I personally do not use the bible in my spirituality. I think it is the product of man, and the number one reason why man has turned away from God. It is filled with God's threats and punishments. It portrays our creator as a vengeful, cranky, uptight son of a bitch and I don't like it. Call me heretical, call me blasphemous. But just like in the realm of man, I am an anarchist in the realm of the divine. I will not accept things blindly.
In conclusion, I believe that the battle against coersion, tyranny, and aggression is best fought with one foot in the earthly realm and one in the spiritual.
I spent my teens floating between Agnosticism and Zen Buddhism. Over the next few years I began merging my eastern thought with a more western faith, and set of "anti politics". I settled somewhere between Zen buddhism, Anarcho-Capitalism, and progressive Christian thought. They all began to seem interchangable to me. With both men (Gautaum Buddha and Christ) there is a constant theme of the rejection of man's world. Many point out that their motivation was far more spiritual than political. But this just reinforces the connection I see between these schools of thought.
I believe that a supreme being (i.e. the whole of universal energy) created a sort of dream world for us to explore ourselves and eachother. When we have learned to reject illusion we return to a place of perfect perception and can see that we are one again (a.k.a. "being in the kingdom of god"). At this place we are still beings of energy, but we are at a different frequency. I believe that science and the idea of divinity/god (etc.) are not at all seperate. I believe that man has used the only way it can relate to for explaining the god-earth connection. God is seen as a "father" and jesus as a "brother". It is easy for us to understand at this level.
But whatever it is that you believe God is, those of you who do believe in a supreme creator whether it be the Christian god, Mohammad, or something more panentheist such as nature being equivilant to god is irrelavent. Faith in a "higher power" is not submission to leaders, unless it is out of threat or coersion. I do not believe in God, or follow Buddha or Jesus because of the threat of the fires of hell. I follow them because I believe that their message to be true. I believe in God because I believe he does love us unconditionally. I am not by any means forced to follow any deity or prophet.
This leaves me at a place where I am a follower by choice. This means that I choose the rule of God (a.k.a. the rule of myself) over the rule of man. I have adopted Christ and Buddha's morality. It has not been forced upon me. I could choose at any time to disgard it. To me Anarchism is the belief that one can rule for himself. That man has no right to make rule over another (casting the first stone). I have always ruled myself. Now that I have a certain set of theology it doesn't mean that I have given up my own law. What I believe is that for the politics of man you must respond with products of mankind (i.e. Anarchism). But when you are an actively spiritual person you must find a form of spiritual justification (Christian Anarchism) for your cause.
Many try to discredit the idea of acceptance of a higher power in anarchism by quoting crap from the bible to try and show contradiction. But many forget that the bible contradicts itself just as many (if not more) times. I personally do not use the bible in my spirituality. I think it is the product of man, and the number one reason why man has turned away from God. It is filled with God's threats and punishments. It portrays our creator as a vengeful, cranky, uptight son of a bitch and I don't like it. Call me heretical, call me blasphemous. But just like in the realm of man, I am an anarchist in the realm of the divine. I will not accept things blindly.
In conclusion, I believe that the battle against coersion, tyranny, and aggression is best fought with one foot in the earthly realm and one in the spiritual.
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