"My analysis is that most faith based systems depend upon an absolute moral order. The declaration of things as absolutely evil or absolutely good, as sin or virtue, puts liberalism into a horrible position because it's founded on no judgment on anything. As a result, any faith that is seriously practiced or understood is a challenge to the politics that depend on constituencies that would rather not be told that their choices are bad and their lives are not virtuous." -- Hugh Hewitt
Faith in Christ Jesus - saving, obedient faith (not that of demons and the pharisees) - demands acceptance of an "absolute moral order" as established by God in His Word. Christians know that things can be absolutely good - or in the absence of good (and God), absolutely evil. Thus, it is not possible for liberalism to be compatible with the "pure and undefiled religion" of which James speaks (James 1:27). Therefore, liberalism is not compatible with any human government which hopes to prove it is acceptable to God (if indeed such exists). Why? Because if there IS a justification for government, its role (per the Bible) is to DISCOURAGE EVIL by punishing it. Only in that way does government promote "GOOD." But since liberalism cannot and will not judge what is evil or what is good, it is incapable of carrying out this primary function.
Ultimately, a government based on principles of this liberalism will become the open enemy of God and our worship of Him. It will seek (as so many modern governments do) to dictate what is politically correct (and therefore "good") based on relative ideas and not absolute values. It turns the universe upside down, substituting the wishes of man for the laws of God. Then, we must decide whether such a government can be tolerated (ignored for the most part) or whether we must take actions to defend ourselves against it, up to the point reached by the Founding Fathers: rebellion and overthrow of the evil regime.
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