The Ethics of Christian Anarchism
Christian Anarchism is the name of a Christian movement that rejects all laws but nonetheless has a high degree of ethics. More than any other Bible source, the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus' call to not resist evil but turn the other cheek, are used as the basis for Christian Anarchism. Christian Anarchists are pacifists and oppose the use of violence, such as war. The foundation of Christian Anarchism is a rejection of violence, with Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You regarded as a key text. Christian Anarchists denounce the state as they claim it is violent, deceitful and, when glorified, a form of idolatry.
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