Pete Quinones, podcaster on Free Man Beyond the Wall and By Any Memes Necessary, writer for the Libertarian Institute, and documentary producer of The Monopoly on Violence, shares with us his thoughts, as an unbeliever, on why anyone who claims to follow Jesus should be an anarchist.
Timestamps & Starting Points:
3:35 The early Church and anarchy
“My reading of the Bible is that every Christian should be an anarchist, and I don’t see where the whole bowing to the state, much less worship of a state that I see in the United States [comes from].” - Pete
4:40 Christians aren’t supposed to be involved in the state
86% of people in Congress identify as Christian
“Anybody who goes into politics is going into politics to get wealth and power... so, I think they would say anything in order to secure that office.” - Pete
6:11 How Christians are perceived by non-Christians
Divided
Pete is not upset by hypocrisy because everyone on Earth is a sinner. What disappoints him is seeing Christians wedded to and worshipping the state.
11:39 Reasons Christians Excuse Anything Israel Does
Dispensationalism
Idea that Jesus won’t come back until the Temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem
Christians will forgive anything as long as Israel has power so the Temple can be rebuilt
is only 200 years old, compared to Christianity being 2,000 years old
“Israel was never a place; it was the people of God.” - Pete
Israel is now populated by white Europeans, and that is who we want to side with over the brown people who don’t speak English
Ryan Dawson of the Anti-Neocon Report talks about how the Israeli government is running the US government
“People will say, ‘Well, that’s cool.’ because it’s Israel. Nonono! That’s not how this works. We follow the teachings of Christ, and everything that the United States government and Israeli government’s doing-- that’s not how Christ told us to behave. Ever.” - Craig
Israel is not a democracy!!
It’s a theocratic socialist state
They’re welfare queens!
“This is theatre.” - Pete
22:46 2020 Theater
Elites have been buying land to live underground
If there was a real dangerous pandemic, they would have disappeared
Bill Gates didn’t even wear a mask at all
Insurrection
Congresspeople hid. These are the people who send others to fight in wars that benefit them. They’re cowards.
If the military was fighting for us, they’d attack the government
They’re defending the state.
28:10 FBI infiltrators
People in the insurrection who are not being charged or even named
Terror Factory by Trevor Aaronson
The FBI groomed kids to become terrorists and then arrested them
They don’t hate us for our freedoms. They hate us for killing their people and occupying their land.
33:35 The Constitution
“This is actually where my rabbit hole started that led me to anarchy. It was my study of the United States Constitution.” - Craig
“According to the United States Constitution, every war since WWI has been illegal.” - Craig
36:49 People trust cops, even when they don’t trust the government
Police are the worst because it’s your trusted neighbor, family member, or friend enforcing unconstitutional laws
Police disregarding the Constitution
If you talk back to a cop, you’ll get thrown on the ground and arrested
If a cop sees you have a weapon, he’ll shoot you and/or take it from you
If a citizen did what cops do every day, they’d be called a criminal
“There’s a class of people above us in this country, and we all don’t have equal rights.” -Pete
“The state only protects the state. They have no interest in your rights.” -Craig
Duncan Lemp
Cops showed up at 4am to confiscate his illegal guns
Shot him dead through the window, dragged out his pregnant girlfriend and left her there outside
48:19 Plugs
Episode 593 with Matt Erickson; talks about religion/Christianity