No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:24 (KJV)
Christianity seems poorly understood by Christians, and consequently it is even more poorly understood by nonbelievers. Christians all too often worship The State, and justify anything done by government. The mythology of governmental legitimacy and a weak nod to Romans 13 is presumed to justify every violation of every commandment. These "Christians" claim the government's police abuses, immigration restrictions, wars, taxes, and more must be respected despite the Bible's injunction to be honest, merciful, and generous; or to not murder and steal. Governments get no special exemptions. God is no respecter of persons or their self-appointed titles.
Even worse, many "Christians" want to use government power and establish themselves as petty gods. This goes far beyond the heresy of worshiping the idols established by others. It is also the most likely thing to make non-Christians believe Christianity is a religion of authoritarian busybody control freaks rather than a chosen relationship with the Prince of Peace.
Norman Horn was interviewed on The Bob Murphy Show recently, and whether you are a Christian or not, I think you will find it intriguing to explore the Biblical basis for a libertarian anarchist view of Christian doctrine. We are not of this world, and politics is part and parcel of the mammon in the bible verse above. Money is not the root of all evil, but the love of power and money is idolatry, and claiming the right to violate others under man-made laws is rejection of Christ. That is evil indeed.
