The Evils of Liberalism, Capitalism and Democracy

Capitalism and democracy are the twin pillars that are fundamental to the west. Capitalism, which is often touted by conservative Christians in the west to be the best economic system, if not a Biblical, economic system, is nothing but economic liberalism. Democracy, which many conservative Christians in the west tout to be what made the west great, is nothing but political liberalism.

Both capitalism and democracy are systems based on the anti-Christian ideology of liberalism. Capitalism is based on the philosophy of accumulating wealth for oneself and one's own family. It is against the idea that it is God who provides for one, not oneself. It is also against the idea that one is to share one's wealth with the community, especially the poor and the needy. Democracy is based on the philosophy that man's rule, rather than God's rule, is sovereign. It is against the idea of God being the Sovereign God for all things. It elevates humankind above God.

Both capitalism and democracy are of the spirit of independence, in seeking to be independent of God. Such independence is of the spirit of rebellion and lawlessness. Rebellion and lawlessness leads to illegitimate authority. Such illegitimate authority results in governments passing laws to allow it to do things it has no moral authority to do, such as to create fiat money out of thin air and charge usury (any interest on a loan) on it.

The west has not always embraced capitalism and democracy. Capitalism only emerged in sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Democracy emerged in the seventeenth century. Notably, both only emerged and continued to develop after the Protestant Reformation. 

Contrary to the conventional narrative that the Protestant Reformation cleaned the the Church, it brought about rebellion and lawlessness, under the false guise of fighting Church corruption. The real motive of the Protestant Reformation is to fight Church authority and subsequently the idea that one can interpret the Scripture (the text, as opposed to the Word of God who was and is God) as one sees it, contrary to 2 Peter 1:20 which says that "no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." 

The idea that Scripture alone determines truth implies that a person can ultimately interpret the Scripture as he sees fit, without being guided by the Holy Spirit. This is independence from God, which is rebellion and lawlessness. Such independence leads to liberalism, which manifests in capitalism and democracy in the economic and political realms.