Biblical Basis for War
Freedom From Religion Foundation:
Washington State Rep. Matt Shea recently released a video admitting that he distributed an openly violent screed titled “Biblical Basis for War.” The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns the document as dangerous and staggeringly hypocritical.
The “Biblical Basis for War” begins with a list of “4 Ways to know its [sic] time to fight,” all of which amount to an unjustified belief that God is on one’s side. Sections such as “Organizational Structure for War” leave no doubt that this is meant to be a guide to literal, not figurative, war.
The document specifically contemplates overthrowing “tyranny,” but it quickly defines a “tyrant” as “someone who rules without God.” Thus, it appears to call for violence against any political leader who does not share Shea’s personal religious views. By Shea’s definition, the United States, a secular democracy founded on a godless constitution[,] is tyrannical and meant to be overthrown. As a state legislator, Shea swore an oath to uphold that godless Constitution, whose only references to religion are exclusionary, including a prohibition against religious tests for public office in Article VI.
Most alarming of all, it lists four “options” for “biblically dealing with tyranny,” one of which is “Assassination & Sabotage.” It explains that “Assassination to remove tyrants is just, not murder,” citing a biblical verse that praises “treason,” by name, in overthrowing a non- theocratic government.
And that’s along with saying that tyranny=someone who rules without God, so he’s recommending assassination of anyone in government who doesn’t share his religious belief. That’s quite something.
Rep. Shea, who reportedly wrote and distributed the manifesto for Christian sharia, defended it in a recent video. With a stunning lack of self-awareness, Shea condemned “Islamists,” apparently unaware that his written plan for a theocratic armed rebellion is identical to the goals of radicalized Islamists, only based on a different book.
Well yeah. My holy war not your holy war. Team me not Team you. Our tribe not your tribe. My book not your book. My prophet not your prophet. The Team is All.
Shea’s document promises that martyrs will be rewarded in the afterlife, citing the Old Testament. It also instructs holy warriors to “Make an offer of Peace before declaring war,” demanding total submission to biblical law. If this is refused, the instruction is to “kill all males.” It lists a “Law of Booty” that requires that plunder be given to the “Church & Ministry,” not to the government.
Adding another layer of hypocrisy, the document is openly anti-democratic, stating that “God doesn’t use majorities. The majority is usually wrong.”
FFRF urges Rep. Shea to re-read the Constitution that he swore to uphold when he took office.
H/t Carrie Chapman
Glad to see he worked a Confederate grievance in:
The document sounds like old-time Christian Identity stuff.
Er, Christian Reconstructionism, not Christian Identity (so just an oppressive “return to Biblical law” without all the super crazy racism).
But what about the females? Oh, I remember; kill the old ‘uns that are past breeding, take the rest to do with as thou wilt. Rape ’em, enslave ’em, just don’t ever respect ’em.
Pretty close, AoS, but you’re forgetting the virginity test: