Why you should become a Bible-believing anarchist
who also believes the universe was created around 4004 B.C.
Here's the first command on this peculiarly-titled website ("Anarcho-Creationism?") that I want you to accept:
Thou shalt be an anarchist.
You say, "That's not in the Bible. Anarchists are bad people!"
I don't blame you for thinking that. Your schools, government, media, churches, friends and family have told your for years that "anarchists" are violent bomb-throwing assassins who hate social order, and promote chaos, lawlessness, and mayhem.
So let me rephrase the command:
Thou shalt NOT be an ARCHIST.
You say "Huh? What is an 'archist?'"
An "archist" is someone who believes he has a moral right to conquer and rule; to steal and kill. Jesus used this Greek word, and you may be surprised by what He says about it.
Jesus prohibits His followers from aspiring to rule over others. Jesus said a Christian must not be an "archist."
An "archist" is a "ruler." I invented the word "archist," deriving it from a Greek word found in Mark10:42-45, from which the English word "anarchist" is derived.
In the Gospel of Mark, chapter 10, Jesus discovers His disciples arguing about who is going to be the "greatest" in the Kingdom of God. Their concept of the Messiah was someone who would use force and violence to vanquish the Roman occupation army that held Israel under tribute. They looked forward to the coming of a Messiah who would enlist them into a Messianic Israeli Army which would "stick it to" the Romans. But just as Micah said we should beat "swords into plowshares," Jesus said His disciples should "love your enemies," and if their soldiers conscript you to carry their provisions for one mile, you should go with the occupation forces two. (This form of pacifism completely refutes the legitimacy of "national defense.") The disciples didn't understand that Jesus' Messianic Kingdom was quite unlike the kingdoms of the world.
| But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. {43} Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. {44} And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. {45} "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." |
The word translated "rulers" comes from the Greek word from which we derive our English word "anarchist" ("a + archist" -- the first "a" is the Greek letter "alpha," known as the "alpha privative," meaning "not" -- a[n]archist -- the letter "n" bridges the "alpha privative" and the word "archist").
"Lords," "rulers" and "great ones" are "archists."
An "archist" believes he has the right to impose his will on other people by force. He need not rely solely on persuasion. He need not give others anything of value in exchange for what he wants from others. He can threaten violence, and carry out those threats if he doesn't get what he wants. It would be sinful for others to engage in such violent extortion or vengeance, but the "archist" claims a "legal" and moral right to do what others must not do.
Jesus clearly says His followers are not to be "archists." They are to be "servants."
A Christian society is an archist-free society.
We have been brainwashed in "public" schools (run by archists) to believe that an "anarchist" is:
Anyone can be called an "anarchist" by someone who wants to vilify an opponent, but most of those who call themselves "anarchist" have reached their position by their opposition to violence. I am a pacifist, therefore I am opposed to any institution of systematic violence and coercion (e.g., "the Mafia," "the State," etc.).
By etymological definition, the opposite of an "anarchist" is an "archist." By being trained to believe that "anarchists" are bad, we've been subtly inculcated with the belief that those who protect us against "anarchists" (logically, "archists") are good.
But the Bible says archists are bad, and explicitly prohibits us from being archists.
The Bible is mostly political. The Bible says kings are false gods. Your church does not want you to see this:
Jesus says His followers are not to be archists. Connect the dots.
www.HowToBecomeAChristianAnarchist.com
The word "anarchist" comes from two Greek words meaning "not an archist." What is an "archist?" Jesus says "the kings of the gentiles" love to be "archists," but followers of Christ are not to be. See Mark 10:42-45.
An "archist" is someone who likes to control and rule over others, imposing his own will on others by threats of violence. To be an "archist" is to violate God's Commandments, which can be summed up as:
The idea that "anarchists" are bad people while those who oppose "anarchists" (logically, the an-anarchists, or simply "archists") are good people, is the biggest lie in the history of human political thought.
Resource #2: The Bible is an Anarchist Manifesto
You were not taught this in Sunday School. All archists -- all "governments" -- eventually ban the teaching of the Bible, as the now-atheistic United States has done.
Mark 10:42-45 teaches that
Archists are called "The Public Sector."
People who relate to others peacefully, by contracts, in a free market, are called "The Private Sector."
| “Private Sector” | “Public Sector” |
| Non-“Government” Sector | “Government” Sector |
| Competitive Sector | Monopoly Sector |
| Persuasive Sector | Coercive Sector |
| Peaceful Sector | Violent Sector |
| Productive Sector | Parasite Sector |
| Servant Sector | Archist Sector |
| "Economic Man" | "Political Man" |
Government calls the "private sector" "anarchistic." It needs to be regulated and controlled by expert archists. The demos -- the people of which Democracy is made -- cannot regulate their lives in harmony with other people.
It will take approximately 90 minutes for me to lay out my arguments for Biblical anarchism and for you to follow them Biblically in a loving (1 Corinthians 13:5-7) way.
The clearest passage in which Jesus forbids us to be "archists" (and thereby commands us to be "an-archists") is
But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. 44 And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. 45 "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
The word translated "rulers" comes from the Greek word from which we derive our word "anarchist." Jesus clearly says His followers are not to be "archists," and that means we are to be "an-archists" (literally, "not archists").
Luke records the conversation like this:
Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest. 25 But He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles dominate them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’ 26 But it must not be like that among you.
Luke 22:24-26
Christians are not to be like the "kings of the Gentiles." Who were they? What were they like? The Bible has entire books dedicated to "kings" and "chronicles" Israel's failure to obey Jesus' command. These are the dustiest, least-read parts of the Bible.
Caesar was not a nice guy. Caesar was an "archist."
Was Caesar a Christian? Was it morally legitimate for him to invade Israel?
The Bible could not be clearer:
But didn't Jesus say "Render tribute unto Caesar," and didn't the Apostle Paul say we are to pay taxes and "be subject to the powers that be, for they are ordained of God?"
It's one thing to pay a tax when your country has been invaded and a soldier is holding a sword to your throat; it's another thing entirely for you to invade a country and demand payment of tribute by putting a gun to someone's head.
Pay taxes, but don't levy them.
Turn the other cheek, but don't slap other people's cheeks.
Go a second mile when the occupation troops enslave you, but don't force someone to carry your own provisions for a mile.
Resist not evil, but don't be evil. (Matthew 5:39-41)
Be subject to "archists," but don't get a job being one.
This causes "cognitive dissonance." Jesus says "archists" are bad people, but your public school education (overseen by "archists") taught you that "archists" were the good guys (though you've never heard the word "archist" before), and "an-archists" (non-archists) are the bad guys.
I understand that my goal of convincing you to become a Bible-believing anarchist who also believes the universe was created around 4004 B.C. is going to be a tough sell.
Even though it's real obvious that this is what the Bible teaches.
In an important way, "Thou shalt be an anarchist" is one of the central messages of the Bible.
I assume you're an intellectually curious person, or you wouldn't be here reading this. Too many people today are victims of educational malpractice. They work 8 hours a day at a job they hate and waste their weekends with football and entertainment. Or just sloth. "Ignorance is bliss."
If you are an intellectually curious person, you may be wondering,
Here is my argument in a nutshell. I think it's air-tight:
(a) God says don't hurt people and don't take their stuff;
(b) archists believe they have a right to hurt people and take their stuff;
(c) archists are wrong about this
(d) therefore everyone should be an anarchist.
Clarification: We've all been taught that "anarchists" hurt people and take their stuff, through vandalism, assassinations, etc. But archists hurt more people and destroy or confiscate more private property than so-called anarchists. But this is not an argument about who commits more evil. This is simply about whether anyone has the right to do any evil. You and I agree that it is evil to hurt people and take their stuff. Our only disagreement is whether some people have a right to do any evil. To steal even one penny. To hurt even one person.
Nobody has that right. You do not have that right. You should not tell others that they have that right. You should be an anarchist.
In the Bible, "archists" are not the good guys. They are false saviors. They are false gods.
Jesus says His followers are not to be like them.
An "archist" is someone who believes he has a right to violate God's Commandments. He has a right to hurt people and take their stuff. He can hate his enemies and take vengeance on them. The "archist" believes he has a moral right to impose his own will on others by force or threats of violence.
The Bible contains over 30,000 verses. Most church-goers can only give a 3rd grade-level "book report" on just a handful of those verses, verses which relate only to where the church-goer is going to go when he dies. The historical details of the Bible are unknown, and the tapestry being woven by that extensive history is shrouded in a thick fog. Both church and state want you ignorant about the message of the Bible. The Bible is an "anarchist manifesto."
"Archists" have lied about "anarchists." They tell us that "archists" save us from chaos. Without "archists," everyone would start killing and vandalizing, and civilization would be impossible. I no longer believe this. You only have to think about this for a few seconds to realize it's false. My goal is to persuade people not to hurt people or take their stuff. To be moral people, following Christian morality. If we consistently following Christ, we will not hurt people or take their stuff. We will not bomb civilian populations "back to the stone age." We will not vote for people who promise to steal and kill. If everyone obeys the Bible, we will beat our "swords into plowshares" and everyone will dwell peacefully under his own “Vine & Fig Tree” (Micah 4:1-7). Your local political science professor will tell you that this is technically a state of "anarchy" because there are no more politicians or people like this:
There will no longer be laws forcing parents to send their children to atheistic schools where it is illegal for the teacher to tell students "The Bible says not to hurt people or take their stuff" or "You should believe in God and obey Him."
But our government-run schools teach us that "anarchy" would mean that everyone will instantly start hurting people and taking their stuff. "Anarchy" means disorder, chaos, lawlessness.
In other words, to abolish institutionalized violence ("the State"), the morality of voters must increase. But as soon as we abolish institutionalized violence ("the State"), voters will immediately start acting like criminals.
Seriously?
I believe in "capitalism" not "socialism." Consistent socialism is totalitarian archism. Consistent capitalism is a 100% pure laissez-faire free market, with
0% socialism
0% communism
0% fascism
0% "democratic socialism"
0% Keynesianism
0% archism
etc.
Our Creator is the government that holds a free market together. God promises freedom from "archists" if we obey His commandments. Without "archists" stealing from us, we will enjoy a higher standard of living.
I believe "archists" have lied about their own moral legitimacy and indispensable importance, and lied about those who reject "statism" (worship of the State).
This is what the "kings of the gentiles" did: they enslaved people (like Pharaoh did in Egypt) and invaded, conquered and subjugated people (like Caesar did to Israel).
The word "pacifism" is as misunderstood as the word "anarchism" -- and for the same reasons. Jesus said "Love your enemies," but we would rather take vengeance on our enemies. The prophets looked forward to a day when we obey God's commandments and beat our "swords into plowshares" (Isaiah 2; Micah 4). Christians in America would rather drop a bomb one someone every 12 minutes on average.
I consider myself a "Bible-believing Christian." I'm a "creationist" because I believe the first verse of the Bible: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). I want to defend my belief in the Creator by challenging belief in the creature (Romans 1:25; Isaiah 33:22; 1 Samuel 8:7). Most people seem to worship and serve the creature rather than the Creator. I agree with the Apostles, who said "We must obey God rather than man" (Acts 5:29). And when that idea is held consistently, without compromise, you'll be called an "anarchist." If you put God ahead of the government, then you're not "patriotic." You're in danger of violating the myth of "separation of church and state."
If you're serious about following the Bible, you will not only be a creationist, but also a pacifist. Every pacifist is an "anarchist."
"Everybody knows" that Jesus commanded His disciples to be "pacifists." He commands us to
I have been told "People who are willing to wear the uniform protect your right to be a pacifist." This is a psychotic belief "Psychosis" is a belief which is detached from reality. During my lifetime, the federal government of the United States has murdered, maimed, or made homeless tens of millions of innocent, non-combatant, non-white civilians around the world. Trillions of dollars have been stolen and wasted in this effort. Americans and Brits who believe they are more evolved than the rest of the world hear no alarms when someone suggests invading a nation full of brown people, and maybe killing a few million, and causing a few million more to die of starvation and disease. And it's always illegal to question war in a time of war. So, no, soldiers do not protect my freedoms.
People who want to be respected by Presidents, Generals, Political Science Professors, and Defense Industry CEOs claim Jesus -- especially in His "Sermon on the Mount" (Matthew 5-7) -- was only talking about the "personal" or "spiritual" side of life, but His commandments are not to be followed by those who are in positions of "public responsibility." "Private" vs. "public." As a result, since I was born, the government of the United States has killed, crippled, or made homeless TENS of MILLIONS of innocent non-combatant civilians around the world. The prophets of the Old Testament would say that "The United States" is the modern parallel to Babylon or Assyria of old. The U.S. government is the enemy of God and humanity.
"The Public Sector" claims to be a "monopoly of violence." Believing that "a friend of the world is the enemy of God" (James 4:4), I don't care if I'm not respected by the “military-industrial-congressional complex” (as Dwight Eisenhower at one point called it).
The word "pacifism" comes from the Latin word for "peace" -- pax (genitive pacis). It does not come from the word "passive." When someone is attempting to commit an act of violence, I am active in overcoming violence, but I overcome evil with good (Romans 12:14-21), not with more violence.
For those who are not Christians, The State (as Hegel said) "is god walking on the earth." This paper attempts to convert you from the worship of a false god to the worship of the True God: The God of the Bible.
Romans 1:25
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator
Unfortunately, too many who call themselves Christians worship and serve the same god as the military-industrial complex.
The reason I'm an "anarchist" is because I am a Bible-believing Christian even when the Bible teaches "pacifism."
So I am a Biblical "anarcho-pacifist." I oppose violence, lawlessness, and chaos. I believe "archists" are the greatest source of lawlessness, violence, and chaos on planet earth, not pacifist anarchists.
I realize that the word "anarchist" is inflammatory and confusing.
I could write as a "Christian," but that label doesn't tell anyone as much about me as the label "anarchist" -- even though "anarchist" is somewhat confusing. "Christian" is a much bigger target. It could mean anything. Joe Biden and Dorothy Day both claimed to be "Catholics." And "catholic" is a circle within "Christian."
"Anarchist" narrows it down: I'm anti-State. I'm anti-State because I'm anti-violence. I'm anti-violence because I'm a follower of the Prince of Peace.
The first confusing aspect about "anarchism" is the widespread belief that "Christian Anarchist" is a contradiction in terms. This is easily clarified. "Christian pacifist" is not a contradiction in terms. Jesus says that "Christian archist" is a contradiction in terms. Let's look at what He said.
The Bible says you must not be an "archist" yourself, and you shouldn't "vote" for "archists."
What if Christians unanimously obeyed the commands not to hurt people, or take their stuff, or take vengeance, or hire mafia hit-men, or vote for "archists."
Ask your favorite AI bot, or just search in Google, "If Christians in America unanimously agreed on who should be President, would they control the election?" Google AI says yes.
Consistently obedient Christians could -- and should -- abolish "the State" ("the government," "the public sector").
| “Private Sector” | “Public Sector” |
| Non-“Government” Sector | “Government” Sector |
| Competitive Sector | Monopoly Sector |
| Persuasive Sector | Coercive Sector |
| Peaceful Sector | Violent Sector |
| Productive Sector | Parasite Sector |
| Servant Sector | Archist Sector |
| "Economic Man" | "Political Man" |
But you've been trained to say, "No, that can't be right. Abolishing "the government" would be 'anarchy!' We can't have 'anarchy!' I'm all for cutting 'waste, fraud, and abuse,' but there has to be some 'government!'" In other words, "I have to hire at least one mafia hit-man, or vote for at least one archist candidate." Without "the government," all would be chaos, mayhem, and lawlessness, right? If all Christians (and many non-Christians) started consistently obeying the commands of Christ against murdering, stealing and taking vengeance, and nobody voted for any politicians, and there's no more "government," then everyone will start murdering, stealing, and taking vengeance. Right?
In other words, it would be a terrible thing if everyone resolved to never hurt, steal, or take vengeance, or vote for someone else to do those things.
But wait: wouldn't that be as close to utopia as we've ever come -- if everyone resolved to refrain from hurting anyone or stealing from anyone or taking vengeance on anyone? And if all our schools taught children that God commands us "Don't hurt people and don't take their stuff?" Wouldn't that be very, very good?
No, you say, because there will always be some people who do not obey the Bible. They will hurt other people and take their stuff unless we vote for a government empowered to hurt them and take their stuff.
But doesn't that thinking violate the prohibition against taking vengeance?
And here's what most people fail to consider:
Every society will have criminals. The actions of criminals will impose costs on that society. But every society that creates a "government" to deal with criminals -- instead of obeying Biblical commands against taking vengeance and being an "archist" -- ends up paying more in taxes than they would pay to un-do the effects of crime.
In 1994 “criminals” committed 7,885 bank robberies, taking $28 million. That same year, “government agencies” seized $2.1 Billion in “asset forfeiture proceedings,” often without “probable cause,” and often not returned even when innocence was proven. And it has only gotten worse.
I would rather
Please be patient; you've lived through 13,000 classroom hours of archist and anti-creationist brainwashing; 17,000 hours if you went to an evolutionist-statist college (there is no other kind), and even more if you have an advanced degree. I estimate that it will take you 4 hours to read this entire website -- of course much longer if you click all the links on this site and stop and ask ChatGPT if what I'm saying is actually true. Good for you if you fact-check me. I've already done that myself. I've heard that AI tends to tell me what I want to hear, so I would be interested to hear what AI tells you about what I'm telling you.
Without an atheistic monopoly of violence, we would live in a moral climate in which the initiation of force and threats of violence are frowned upon rather than patriotically applauded. We would have far less crime and a much higher standard of living.
We certainly need to try to stop crime. Today we are relying on ways to deal with criminals that violate God's Commandments against vengeance and violence. But there are ways to deal with criminals that do not involve violating God's Commandments. In fact, God commands us to follow these steps to prevent crimes and empower criminals to make restitution to their victims (rather than ask the government to take money from your neighbor to pay for locking criminals in a cage):
I realize this is contrary to everything you've been taught by both Church and State. For centuries these institutions have been teaching us that we must not insist on the complete eradication of vengeance and violence, but there must be a few people in society who possess a monopoly of violence over others.
Remember the passage from Luke:
Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest. 25 But He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles dominate them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’ 26 But it must not be like that among you.
Luke 22:24-26
Kings "dominate," and we should abhor them, but those who are dominated still call them "benefactors" [Greek: εὐεργέτης (euergetēs)]. They trust their "archists" to save them. ChatGPT says:
By the time of Jesus (first century), εὐεργέτης had become an official title of honor for rulers and great men in the Greco-Roman world.
It appears frequently on coins, inscriptions, and public decrees. For example:
Ptolemy III Euergetes (“Ptolemy the Benefactor”) — Egyptian king (3rd century BC)
Euergetes as a title for various Hellenistic monarchs and Roman emperors
Civic inscriptions praise rulers as εὐεργέται καὶ σωτῆρες — “benefactors and saviors.”
In many contexts εὐεργέτης was nearly synonymous with σωτήρ (sōtēr), meaning “savior.”
Both titles conveyed that the ruler protected, provided for, or “saved” his people — often by bestowing gifts, funding temples, forgiving debts, or rescuing cities from famine.
So the people who were dominated by "rulers" still called their rulers "saviors."
Here are three books you can read to help you see that kings, rulers, and other "archists" are not our saviors/benefactors:
Being an "archist" means claiming the right to impose your will on others by force or threats of violence. It means claiming that when YOU steal or kill it's moral, but when anyone else does the same thing, that's immoral and sinful. "Archism" is the right to sin. To protect themselves from their own philosophy, "archists" always claim to possess a "Monopoly of Violence."
In Mark 10:42-45, Jesus overhears His disciples arguing about who will be the greatest in the coming "kingdom" -- a military dictatorship by the Messiah after he conquers the imperial forces of Rome. (The disciples didn't understand the nature of the Kingdom or its King.) Jesus said that the kings of the gentiles love to be archists (the Greek word in Mark's gospel is the word from which we get the English word "anarchist"). An "archist" is someone who believes he has the moral right to impose his will on other people by force or threats of violence.
In short, a Christian is not an "archist" and is therefore an "an-archist." A Christian/anarchist is a "pacifist." Every pacifist repudiates archism. Every Christian repudiates archism.
19. The Bible is an Anarchist Manifesto
You were not taught this in Sunday School. All archists -- all "governments" -- eventually ban the teaching of the Bible, as the United States has done.
Man the controller and planner of evolution means secular archists must control fundamentalists.
Nobody in 1859 (when Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life was published) rejected Creator-ism and embraced evolutionary creature-ism because they were forced to by the overwhelming weight of "scientific facts."
Darwin's theory of evolution was the latest cult in the religion of Scientism.
There have been various theories of evolution for thousands of years. But in 1859, "Western Civilization" was largely Christian Civilization.
And evolutionists hated that.
No atheist in any university wanted to defend theories of evolution which were popular in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, or China. They wanted something a little more "modern" and "scientific"-sounding.
Darwin's book filled the bill. At least for now. It would have to do. Everyone knew it was riddled with scientific holes. But nobody wanted to obey the Bible. There had to be a substitute.
Gary North was a strong opponent of pacifism and anarcho-capitalism. This is curious, because North was 99% anarchist himself. North advocates the abolition of 99.99% of all civil government today, but insists that the Bible (chiefly Romans 13) prohibits us from abolishing the tiny sliver of government which tries criminal cases and executes those who commit capital crimes (witnessed by two or three witnesses -- an almost impossible hurdle for prosecutors in many cases).
Anyone can be called an "anarchist" by someone who wants to vilify an opponent, but most of those who call themselves "anarchist" or "anarcho-capitalist" have reached their position by their opposition to violence. I am a pacifist, therefore I am opposed to any institution of systematic violence and coercion (e.g., "the Mafia," "the State," etc.). Every Professor of Political Science in every university on planet earth will agree with this claim
Since "violence" is a sin, "the Government" claims the right to sin. Violence violates Christian Ethics 101. As libertarian author Matt Kibbe sums it up, "Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff." Governments claim the right or authority to do exactly that.
By etymological definition, the opposite of an "anarchist" is an "archist." By being trained to believe that "anarchists" are bad, we've been subtly inculcated with the belief that those who protect us against "anarchists" (logically, "archists") are good.
But the Bible says archists are bad, and explicitly prohibits us from being archists.
The Bible is mostly political. The Bible says "archists" are false gods. Your church does not want you to see this:
Jesus says His followers are not to be archists. Connect the dots.
www.HowToBecomeAChristianAnarchist.com
Can we have an economic system based on voluntary consent without any coercion or violence? In other words, can we have pure laissez-faire capitalism with no socialism, fascism, or communism at all, not even one small office of bureaucrats?
Most people have never heard a debate on this question. Libertarian and anarcho-capitalist scholars have charted a path and answered all objections.