David Gornoski is the host of the radio show A Neighbor’s Choice –a show that looks at politics, science, and culture through the lens of Jesus’ personhood revolution. In this episode, David shares his strategy for changing the direction of the world. If we want to see political change, we must change the hearts of the citizens. In order to do this, we must imitate Jesus. On his radio show and also on his online exclusive podcast and film series, THINGS HIDDEN, David has interviewed personalities like Ron Paul, Jordan Peterson, and Slavoj Žižek.
David has also written multiple essays and columns promoting Jesus’ nonviolent ethos and personhood revolution for publications such as DailyCaller, Townhall, American Conservative, and FEE. David’s shows provide a look at current events through the lens of anthropology and imitating what Christ really did while He was on Earth. His YouTube channel is currently banned for “speaking too much truth” (something we Christian-anarchist know all too well).
After listening you will have a new understanding of how we can help lead people away from the state and to Christ by healing, developing new technologies, and sharing victims’ stories.
EPISODE TIMESTAMPS:
3:05 Jesus changed history
The last shall be first and the first shall be last
In His day, the elite got the place of honor at the amphitheater
Today, disabled people get the place of honor in the theater
No one dares take those seats, even if the theater’s packed
Groups are now vying to be seen as the least
BLM, StopAsianHate, women
Gun owners vs gun violence victims
Right vs left
Who are the victims and who are the monsters?
I desire mercy, not sacrifice
People these days try to show mercy with sacrifice
I will give you this medicine for free, but if you don't take it, you will be excluded from society
“Everybody's vying for the perks of being the most supreme martyr.” - David
They want to stick their face in the hole of the painting the cross like tourists do
“Jesus said the stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. Meaning, in the act of being perceived to be rejected, you gain power and that power can be used for good or evil.” - David
They convinced Americans that we needed to be in Afghanistan to help women become empowered
“It's disturbing to me how Christians will buy into this narrative to we're helping these folks by dropping bombs on their children.” -Craig
“We’re helping them, but we have to kill them first.” -Craig
Sometimes atheists act more Christ-like than Christians
They get it from somewhere
Jesus’ influence permeates the world
Loving one’s neighbor or enemy were not concepts in the world when Jesus was on Earth or before
12:37 Government & Politics
To fix stuff, we need to change people's minds about the state by loving our enemies and caring for our neighbors
Thus exposing the government for not doing it
“The government is almost like a curse for when a society becomes decadent and stupid, and it doesn't know how to police itself.” - David
Which came first? Corrupt government or corrupt society?
No matter who you are, you are part of society and part of the political system
Parties
Libertarian
Fight about everything, fiercely
No unity
Democrats
We're going to take your stuff and do whatever we want with it
and we will tell you that to your face
Republicans
We will do the same as the Democrats, but try to hide it
Libertarianism and anarchism are like supplements
When you don't have Jesus Himself, you take vitamin pills of His philosophy
They're like a malnourished form of Christianity
“Libertarianism and Anarchism only exist because there's a malnourished form of Christianity that's dominant in the culture.” - David
16:32 Christianity
People get defensive against the American version of Christianity… because it's not true Christianity!
People take more of Decartes’ approach
I think I am ___, therefore I am
Also apply other religions/ways of thinking’s approach to their Christian religion
Spreading American Christianity is like telling a young black person that if they believe in the stories they're told about MLK, then they can benefit from what he did
We all benefit from him, even those of us who don't know he existed
Jesus is the King of the world. He has an effect on everyone.
It doesn’t start when we believe the exact formula our sect says we must
Paul
“God didn't want him to kill those people. So the God that he was serving didn't exist.” - David
He quoted a Greek play when telling the Greeks his conversion story
From Bacchae
The people put the god Dionysis on trial as if they had authority over him, just as Jesus was put on trial when He's the ruler of the universe
However, instead of destroying his enemies, Jesus submitted to them quietly and then showed Saul (Paul) love instead of punishing him
23:18 To make the state irrelevant
We have to change people's hearts by imitating Christ
I don’t want to call myself an anarchist anymore; I’m just telling people I’m a Christian -Craig
I’m an anarchist because I’m a Christian
No King but Christ
I imitate Jesus, who was not involved with the state!
Are we not going to imitate Jesus?
Polycarp
Honor the government unless it does us harm
What do they do that doesn’t bring someone harm?
Our message must stay consistent
No King but Christ means we don’t follow to the state
Counterargument: If the state does exist, it can be used to move things in the right direction
There’s good teachers in a bad school
People make friends in concentration camps
Is voting violence?
Most of the time, yes
But voting for Ron Paul might not have been
People want to vote for more liberty
Legalize… liberty?
“Dude… you’ve already got liberty.” -Craig
Don’t force me into your vision of liberty by law
You cannot gain liberty through force
29:43 So, what does it look like to bring about liberty by changing hearts?
Love your neighbor, and everything else will fall into place
How?
How do we love triple-maskers who want us to behave like them?
What does it look like to love someone who wants the vaccine to be required for you to go to the store and feed your family?
or the people who want you to hate yourself for your gender or skin color?
Ask real questions
Do you want to force people to get the vaccine?
No, but they should be pushed to
Pushed how?
Pushed by vaccine passports
How would the passports be enforced?
It’s force
Imitate Jesus
He was healing people all the time
He asked people questions to get them to think
To heal:
Find cures for major diseases
People are dependent on the state to heal them
Nutrition science is funded by the state
Scientists and doctors believe that 90% of diseases or disappear if we stopped eating vegetable oils
Most olive oils are corrupted, but it's not on their labels
They sneak vegetable oil into everything, even products that say they're made with olive oil or something else
If a fat guy and a skinny guy eat the same amount of food
The difference is how their body processes vegetable oils
The fat guy's body stores it
The skinny guys runs it as fuel
Can cause autoimmune disorders
Set aside Wednesday services for health education
Prison reduced omega-6
Antisocial violent tendencies reduced
Heal your neighbors’ chronic health problems so when they get COVID, they won't get deathly ill
After we heal them physically, they might start to wonder what other lies the government has fed them
People around the healthy start to ask what they’re doing to prevent disease in their family
42:10 More health tips
Carbs are inflammatory
Vegetable oils are in our pork and chicken fat because they feed them grain
The meat becomes high in PUFAs
polyunsaturated fatty acids
They get extra fat
Fatty acids are unstable and were never meant to be our fuel
5 tablespoons of corn oil = 96 ears of corn
It’s toxic, but they find ways to deodorize it
If you try to avoid it, it’s in EVERYTHING
Burgers, buns, ice cream, cookies, crackers
A little sugar treat is fine; just make sure you’re not also eating seed oils
Government-funded healthcare cannot fix what government-funded nutrition science broke
They’re pushing the anti-meat agenda with their “experts”
They tell people they can lessen their guilt by eating vegan
Vegetarian choices kill more animals than meat options
Wildlife is displaced and killed to make room for fields
49:00 Technology to reduce scarcity
Not only expose people to myths about war and food
Provide alternative energy sources
Low-temperature nuclear energy
Small, maybe neighborhood-sized
Won’t explode because it’s not hot, no high pressure
24/7 solar panels
All over the house that harvests intermittent energy
Elemental transmutation
Not funded by taxpayer dollars
Disrupt the Middle Eastern oil deal
51:57 Government narratives
The planet is dying; we’re the only ones who can save you
If we have our own energy, we’ll be more capable of surviving
We’re the only place you can afford to get health care
Depend on each other and work hard
Learn the truth about your health
54:35 The heart of a child
Full of wonder and imagination
Freely loving
Jesus didn’t listen to institutions
Tesla got his alternative form of electricity into the world through the market
Challenge orthodoxy
56:51 Why this isn’t happening
Churches are afraid to step out and look quacky
Or people know someone who’s involved in the seed oil industry
Afraid to get involved in political issues
57:54 Tell stories of victims
Step 1: Heal
Step 2: Outcompete the government monopolies
Step 3: Personalize
Don’t just try to convince their mind
Irwin Schiff
Wrote books on tax evasion
Chained as if he posed a physical threat on his deathbed
Kids with dads arrested for victimless crimes
Cry every night
Grades suffer
Performance in and enjoyment of activities go down
Just as the Gospel writers told the story of an innocent victim
1:03:35 Plugs
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