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"...the biblical evidence suggests that non-theocratic government acts are evil 90.2% of the time, theocratic ones are evil 60.3% of the time, and overall government acts were evil 78.4% of the time"
"...the earthly institutions of God for the expansion of His kingdom must at least resemble God's ways and serve His cause. Government, which is eminently wayward, cannot fall into this category. Moreover, since there is no unclaimed "territory" in the spiritual world, if a government is not in God's realm then it belongs to Satan's as a matter of simple logic."
"If there is a proper use of collective action, then it must be limited to reactive policies of defense and justice. However, considering the practice of many centuries, governments have only occasionally provided such functions well. Instead they typically become predators themselves, and are often led by the "basest" or "lowest of men" (Dan. 4:17). It is the officials in government who usually become the greatest beneficiaries of a rent seeking society, at the expense of their constituents."
