A New Kind of Prison (Written 2008, but archived)
[Kathy made some good points, so I changed some of the text] In 1846, the same year Brigham Young and the Mormons were kicked out of the United States for practicing their religion, Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because the government used the money to fund war and slavery. Thoreau spent a night in jail. His act of civil disobedience influenced Ghandi and later Martin Luther King Jr. The government does not always do right, and when it is on the wrong path, it is our duty to refuse obedience to wickedness. This has led me to rethink the sermon on the mount in a political light: If the taxes you pay fund war, you are guilty. If you live in excess, and another goes without, you are guilty. If you vote in ignorance, you are guilty. If you buy a product for less than it is worth, and sell it for more than it is worth to get gain at the expense of the poor, you are an adulterer and have turned away from God to whore after money. Those are all that I can think of for now. I...