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All the various populist and fringe libertarian movements protesting taxes as a whole and leading anti-government protests that turn towards a militant direction, if they even ''purport'' to believe in Christianity, should go back to the [[New Testament]] and recognize the idiocy of their cause. What is the point of trying to establish a paradise in this current realm? Anyone who believes that modern society can be miraculously transformed into a Christian utopia either forgets or deliberately ignores Jesus's words: "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the [Judeans];<ref>Standard translations, even the KJV, render the Greek term ''hoi Ioudaioi'' lazily as "the Jews," though it also can be validly translated as "the Judeans." In most instances throughout the New Testament and particularly in the [[Gospel of John]], ''hoi Ioudaioi'' [https://www.jewishjewels.org/news-letters/the-gospel-of-john/ should validly be rendered "the Judeans."] The concept of Jesus's primary enemy being "the Jews" leads to anti-Jewish bigotry, which the Apostle John did not promote in light of both his Jewish background as well as [https://www.jpost.com/Christian-In-Israel/History/The-Book-of-John-and-the-Jews-308397 his Gospel being the most Jewish out of the four.]</ref> but now My kingdom is not from here." (John 18:36)

All the various populist and fringe libertarian movements protesting taxes as a whole and leading anti-government protests that turn towards a militant direction, if they even ''purport'' to believe in Christianity, should go back to the [[New Testament]] and recognize the idiocy of their cause. What is the point of trying to establish a paradise in this current realm? Anyone who believes that modern society can be miraculously transformed into a Christian utopia either forgets or deliberately ignores Jesus's words: "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the [Judeans];<ref>Standard translations, even the KJV, render the Greek term ''hoi Ioudaioi'' lazily as "the Jews," though it also can be validly translated as "the Judeans." In most instances throughout the New Testament and particularly in the [[Gospel of John]], ''hoi Ioudaioi'' [https://www.jewishjewels.org/news-letters/the-gospel-of-john/ should validly be rendered "the Judeans."] The concept of Jesus's primary enemy being "the Jews" leads to anti-Jewish bigotry, which the Apostle John did not promote in light of both his Jewish background as well as [https://www.jpost.com/Christian-In-Israel/History/The-Book-of-John-and-the-Jews-308397 his Gospel being the most Jewish out of the four.]</ref> but now My kingdom is not from here." (John 18:36)

==The Old Testament's warning of populism==

==The Old Testament's warning of populism==