[VRWC_minion]

A Church is a form of gov't. Anarchists think they can construct a society without one. They ignore practical realities. Having to invoke another form of gov't to make up for the impractical aspects of anarchy proves it doesn't work.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

To: OrthodoxPresbyterian A Church is a form of gov't. Anarchists think they can construct a society without one. They ignore practical realities. Having to invoke another form of gov't to make up for the impractical aspects of anarchy proves it doesn't work. 78 posted on 2/12/02 8:03 PM Pacific by VRWC_minion

A Church is a "form of Government".

What a Church is not, is a STATE.

For all but an extremely limited number of cases (actual crimes of aggression), a covenantal Church is a far better, and more Biblically appropriate, form of Government, than the coercive State.

To: OrthodoxPresbyterian True, but as William Blackstone said, "It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer." 79 posted on 2/12/02 8:07 PM Pacific by A.J.Armitage

Yes.

The world is imperfect -- for now. Blackstone's maxim is one of those "best we can do, this side of Glory" type things, and is "true" -- at least for this Time, and this Season.