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					<description><![CDATA[I used to enjoy this song as a kid....

http://www.higherpraise.com/Lyrics3/InHimWeLiveAndMove.htm

which is from the end of this section of Acts here.

Having read this section many times, at some point in my late teen years, I came to realize that religion is not a good thing. And religion is what Jesus came to set us free from. I looked up the root word for religion which is akin to bondage. This is when I became a total libertarian. I think our relationship with Jesus changes us personally day by day, and as we relate to others we learn and grow from each other. But every other human being that we are not in close relationship with should be given the freedom and grace to do as they wish so long as they do not harm others&#039; life, liberty or property. I truly see this as the only consistent non-coercion non-force message of the Christ. We follow him or don&#039;t follow him freely. And we allow others to also follow their conscience on how they assign value to various things. Those things that we view as important like Jesus for instance is something we want to convince people of, but not force. The way of charity and personal sobriety is up to the individual, and they should never be forced by a church or the state to be charitable or sober. We should be influential in those and other areas as we follow Jesus, but we should never expect the police power of the state or the religion of the institutional church to usurp this personal responsibility we have to loving encourage our family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc... to also follow the peaceful, charitable, and loving way of Jesus.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to enjoy this song as a kid.…</p>
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<p>which is from the end of this section of Acts here.</p>
<p>Having read this section many times, at some point in my late teen years, I came to realize that religion is not a good thing. And religion is what Jesus came to set us free from. I looked up the root word for religion which is akin to bondage. This is when I became a total libertarian. I think our relationship with Jesus changes us personally day by day, and as we relate to others we learn and grow from each other. But every other human being that we are not in close relationship with should be given the freedom and grace to do as they wish so long as they do not harm others’ life, liberty or property. I truly see this as the only consistent non-coercion non-force message of the Christ. We follow him or don’t follow him freely. And we allow others to also follow their conscience on how they assign value to various things. Those things that we view as important like Jesus for instance is something we want to convince people of, but not force. The way of charity and personal sobriety is up to the individual, and they should never be forced by a church or the state to be charitable or sober. We should be influential in those and other areas as we follow Jesus, but we should never expect the police power of the state or the religion of the institutional church to usurp this personal responsibility we have to loving encourage our family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc… to also follow the peaceful, charitable, and loving way of Jesus.</p>
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