Resisting Tyranny Is Resisting Idolatry
The pretensions of [legislators] suggest another question, which I have often asked them, and to which I am not aware that I ever received an answer: Since the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that is not safe to allow them liberty, how comes it to pass that the tendencies of [legislators] are always good? Do not the legislators and their agents form a part of the human race? Do they consider that they are composed of different materials from the rest of mankind? (The Law by Frédéric Bastiat, 2007, p46).
Bastiat challenges the belief that the State must withhold our liberty for our own good. If mankind is so evil they can’t be trusted with liberty, why is the State so good to control that liberty?
The answer is obvious. Those who hold this position believe themselves to be superior. They don’t believe the State is part of the human race—they believe the State is above the human race.
In fact, the State believes itself to be so superior, it can defy the rights God has given. Which means the State believes it is even above God. Resisting this lie isn’t just protecting yourself; it’s resisting those who consider themselves to be gods.
Resisting tyranny is resisting idolatry.
What do you think?
Joseph