If you had read what I wrote correctly, you would have seen that I said "all ideas on liberty lead toward the basic philosophy of non-aggression."
I am not wrong. Your analogy, like the one about American being some sort of corporate mall, is flawed. Libertarianism isn't a religion where everyone must have one core belief or be left out in the cold. Liberty is objective, but there may be different ideas on how to get there and just what liberty fully is. I have a moral commitment to the premise of the NAP but I would not require other libertarians to have that same moral value. I'm happy if they accept that is the best principle, or think it's generally a good idea to an extent greater than what we have in government today. I'm also wondering why Satan worshippers aren't Christians according to your definition. Most Satan worshippers believe in Jesus of Nazareth - they just don't worship Him. Also, what about those people who believe Jesus existed but don't believe he was God and don't call themselves Christian? Maybe you need to define the core belief of Christianity further, but I still don't think it'll make for a good analogy. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Purity Wrong. Comparing Christianity to Libertarianism is an absolutely perfect analogy. Christianity has a set belief system and so does libertarianism. Christianity has a core belief that separates its belief system from others. In this case the belief in Jesus of Nazareth. In the case of Libertarianism it's the believe in and support of the non-aggression principle. If someone does not believe in the nap, the term "libertarianism" is as inappropriate for them as is "Christianity" for a Satan worshiping. All paths do not lead to liberty. Some lead to aggression, and those that lead to aggression always lead away from liberty. Aggression in the name of liberty is like rape in the name of virginity. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
