The University of Timbuktu never existed. The only thing that existed in Timbuktu was a small mud hut. R.J. Rushdoony More Quotes by R.J. Rushdoony More Quotes From R.J. Rushdoony Only a law-order which holds to the primacy of God's law can bring forth true freedom, freedom for justice, truth, and godly life. Freedom as an absolute is simply an assertion of man's "right" to be his own god; this means a radical denial of God's law-order. "Freedom" thus is another name for the claim by man to divinity and autonomy. It means that man becomes his own absolute. R.J. Rushdoony godly men mean Christianity is completely and radically anti-democratic; it is committed to spiritual aristocracy. R.J. Rushdoony aristocracy spiritual religion Christianity and democracy are inevitably enemies. R.J. Rushdoony democracy christianity enemy Biblical law permits voluntary slavery because it recognizes that some people are not able to maintain a position of independence . . . The law is humane and also unsentimental. It recognizes that some people are by nature slaves and will always be so. R.J. Rushdoony biblical law people The Lord supplies our needs, but not our selfishness R.J. Rushdoony selfishness lord needs The 'civil rights' revolutionary groups are a case in point. Their goal is not equality but power. The background of Negro culture is African and magic, and the purposes of magic are control and power. . . Voodoo or magic was the religion and life of American Negroes. Voodoo songs underlie jazz, and old voodoo, with its power goal, has been merely replaced with revolutionary voodoo, a modernized power drive. R.J. Rushdoony goal rights song The matriarchal society is thus the decadent and broken. The strongly matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure of Negro men, their failure to be responsible, to support the family, or to provide authority. The same is true of American Indian tribes which are also matriarchal today. R.J. Rushdoony broken character men The end of an age is always a time of turmoil, war, economic catastrophe, cynicism, lawlessness and distress. But it is also an era of heightened challenge and creativity, of issues, and their world-wide scope, never has an era faced a more demanding and exciting crisis. This then, above all else, is the great and glorious era to live in, a time of of opportunity, one requiring fresh and vigorous thinking, indeed, a glorious time to be alive. R.J. Rushdoony creativity war thinking God in His law requires the death penalty for homosexuals. R.J. Rushdoony death-penalty law religion Few things are more commonly misunderstood than the nature and meaning of theocracy. It is commonly assumed to be a dictatorial rule by self-appointed men who claim to rule for God. In reality, theocracy in Biblical law is the closest thing to a radical libertarianism that can be had. R.J. Rushdoony biblical men reality Some people are by nature slaves and will always be so. R.J. Rushdoony slave people One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and state . . . Christianity and democracy are inevitably enemies. R.J. Rushdoony democracies-have law mean People do not avoid the Bible because it is difficult to understand as much as because what they understand condemns their conscience and throws light on dark corners in their lives which they prefer to keep dark. R.J. Rushdoony light dark people Life is rarely easy, but, with Christ our King, it is always good. R.J. Rushdoony kings life-is christ The background of the Negro culture is voodoo and magic; and the purposes the magic are control and power over God, man, nature and society. Voodoo and magic was the religion and life of America's Negro. R.J. Rushdoony magic men america The goal is the developed Kingdom of god, the New Jerusalem, a world order under god's law. R.J. Rushdoony goal law order All too many churchmen view the undisciplined & amoral products of statist education as evidences of the failure of these schools. On the contrary, they are evidences of their success. R.J. Rushdoony undisciplined views school In the name of equal rights, women are being stripped of the protections of the family and given no place except the perverse competition of a sexual market in which increasingly shock, deviation, and aggressiveness command a premium . . . R.J. Rushdoony competition rights names Do we need more laws? God forbid! We need more righteousness, more freedom, and more godly men -- and fewer laws. R.J. Rushdoony godly law men The only true order is founded on Biblical Law. All law is religious in nature, and every non-Biblical law-order represents an anti-Christian religion. R.J. Rushdoony biblical religious christian
