" Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will [a]bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor."
Romans 13:1-7
Sorry, no. You can't reject the legitimacy of coercive hierarchy while accepting the deific manifestation of the monopoly on violence that is YHWH.
Even Jesus - whose authority derives from inheritance and not earthly consensus, literally the divine right of kings - commanded his followers to leave their families and possessions and obey him without question. To be a Christian is to subsume your right to self-determination and autonomy to God's will and become a slave to the absolute authority of the divine.
Everything about religion, especially the rigid patriarchal Abrahamic faiths, is antithetical to and irreconcilable with anarchism. Choose one or the other if you like, but like the book says, you can't serve two masters. You also can't be a slave and also be free.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 12.1 ms ] threadEven Jesus - whose authority derives from inheritance and not earthly consensus, literally the divine right of kings - commanded his followers to leave their families and possessions and obey him without question. To be a Christian is to subsume your right to self-determination and autonomy to God's will and become a slave to the absolute authority of the divine.
Everything about religion, especially the rigid patriarchal Abrahamic faiths, is antithetical to and irreconcilable with anarchism. Choose one or the other if you like, but like the book says, you can't serve two masters. You also can't be a slave and also be free.