Hey @larkenrose, Thanks for a beautifully clear exposition of who the true culprits are. By the way, Jesus gave us a pretty good guide to interpreting and applying Deuteronomy:
"“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”" - Matthew 22:36-40
Though a Christian, I can peacefully and happily co-exist with anyone who is on board with Jesus' elucidation of the second great commandment. I can even be very happy around those who would subset that commandment to a minimum of "Leave your neighbor alone." ;)
I often credit you publicly with my final conversion to anarchy. If we all could only clearly see that belief in human government deludes us into violating our most cherished and important "religious" beliefs, the world would be a far better place. Thank you for your grand contributions in that direction.😄😇😄
