We've each had our own Path towards achieving Personal Sovereignty!! Congrats on you own, Martin!!
Since age 70 I've been on a steep learning curve, enjoying the unfolding as it has been happening! Now I've reached age 80, so it has been an amazing 10 years!! Blessings on all as we move forward!!
Interesting material, Martin. You've been through a lot, and it has been fun and educational to follow you through it all.
I was wondering about your use of "sovereignty", The entire Strawman effort and its emphasis on being a Sovereign Individual sounds attractive, and I would certainly like to be free of taxes, but it all feels too much of a struggle, not fun, and most importantly, a Sovereign Man world allows a lot of self-will. It appears to be built into the entire concept.
Yet in the Declaration of Independence for what became the USA, and again in the Constitution, the central issue is that the People, as individuals and as a whole, are the sovereign for the nation. This is because God is truly sovereign and in creating humans, He delegated (in effect) the same kind of sovereignty to us (made in His image and all that). That kind of sovereignty appears to be fully legitimate according to your use of the term above, because not only does it clearly establish our right to self-rule via a republican form of government but *also* it leads inevitably for any thoughtful person to us having a concurrent duty to God to rise into His will and not simply use our sovereignty as the Sovereign Man movement does.
I'd be interested to know if you think that the definition of the People as sovereign is an interesting way to encourage people to rise above mere Law and, due to holding a delegated form of His rights, we are encouraged to become more like Him as part of growing into that sovereign nature that He has granted to us. It seems very different from the Sovereign Man concepts.
We've each had our own Path towards achieving Personal Sovereignty!! Congrats on you own, Martin!!
Since age 70 I've been on a steep learning curve, enjoying the unfolding as it has been happening! Now I've reached age 80, so it has been an amazing 10 years!! Blessings on all as we move forward!!
Interesting material, Martin. You've been through a lot, and it has been fun and educational to follow you through it all.
I was wondering about your use of "sovereignty", The entire Strawman effort and its emphasis on being a Sovereign Individual sounds attractive, and I would certainly like to be free of taxes, but it all feels too much of a struggle, not fun, and most importantly, a Sovereign Man world allows a lot of self-will. It appears to be built into the entire concept.
Yet in the Declaration of Independence for what became the USA, and again in the Constitution, the central issue is that the People, as individuals and as a whole, are the sovereign for the nation. This is because God is truly sovereign and in creating humans, He delegated (in effect) the same kind of sovereignty to us (made in His image and all that). That kind of sovereignty appears to be fully legitimate according to your use of the term above, because not only does it clearly establish our right to self-rule via a republican form of government but *also* it leads inevitably for any thoughtful person to us having a concurrent duty to God to rise into His will and not simply use our sovereignty as the Sovereign Man movement does.
I'd be interested to know if you think that the definition of the People as sovereign is an interesting way to encourage people to rise above mere Law and, due to holding a delegated form of His rights, we are encouraged to become more like Him as part of growing into that sovereign nature that He has granted to us. It seems very different from the Sovereign Man concepts.