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Originally Posted by CptSternn
Christians follow a set path. Anarchists don't. How can you conform to the standards of a religion but yet not conform to any standards at all?
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Because you're not following another man's standard's but God's and your own individual judgment, which differ from following the standard that men have created and tried countless times.
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Originally Posted by CptSternn
As far as the argument of using the word of the Lord as your guide, I ask - whose version of His word will you be following? Will you be reading the standard Bible or a protestant King James version? Or will you be using the NIB - New International Bible? What about the mormon version with its follow ups? Or the one the jehovas witnesses claim is the real translation? Which translation does a Christian without any affiliation follow? See, depending on which one you choose - you have already chosen a sect, a path, which is against the idea of being Christian anarchist without engaging in such.
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They follow the version that they make their own judgment on, depending on how free they are to make that choice. For me it is the latter and last time I checked Jehovah's Witnesses are ethically Anarchists because they don't believe that a system created by Man will ever work. That being said, I never got to know a Jehovah Witness congregation long enough to see how true that was.
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
Anyway, most Christian Anarchists don't even respond to the Bible the same way most Christians do. Some don't believe in heaven and hell for example. A Christian Anarchist chooses to follow the teachings of Jesus more than accepting him as a Restart button.
Christian Anarchists are more like Jews than Christians: it's more of a covenant than a means of salvation.
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Quite the truth; I myself don't believe in a Hell.