The Institutes of Biblical Law

Also, there has always been this question: How could any TRUE Christian, not want a theocracy based on their believes?


Institutes of Bibilical Law   October 13, 2009
P. Southward (Banner Elk NC)
2 out of 12 found this review helpful

This man is a dangerous lunatic. America tried a theocracy and the Puritans today are an embarrassment. Do we need to look further than the Taliban to see what happens when True Believers take charge?


Needs to be read   June 10, 2004
31 out of 74 found this review helpful

If you've ever wondered what the American equivalent of an Islamic fundamentalist state would look like, this is the book to read. It demonstrates how fundamentalism always ends up looking the same, whether its label is Islam, Christian, or Marxist. Pray that these people never take control.


Disgusting.....   January 30, 2002
28 out of 71 found this review helpful

I've never read a book more filled with horrific religiously intolerant tripe in my life. I'm not a Christian, and have NO desire to be, but I am very interested in religions of all kinds, which is why I read this book. I found it to be wholly disgusting, for lack of a better word. I only rated it 1 star because the system wouldn't let me rate it none.


America Know Your Enemy!   October 14, 2008
Akhenaten (Southeastern USA)
11 out of 34 found this review helpful

Rushdoony's "Institutes of Biblical Law" is one of the most influential and vile examples of anti-democratic, un-Constitutional and un-American writings in the vast collection of "Christian" fascist literature. It is important for Americans to be aware of this book and the arguments contained between its covers. Rushdoony creates a black, dystopian vision for the United States, the likes of which would make Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol-Pot proud. Make no mistake, the vitriolic hatred espoused in this book is no different than what you would read in Mein Kampf. The only difference is that Rushdoony tries to legitimize his hatred and violence through passages in the Bible instead of appealing to a sense of nationalism and shared Kultur. Just as it is vital to understand the motivations of our external enemies of democracy (particularly Islamists), we need to understand our internal enemies - those that advocate the sort of destructive political and social architecture outlined in "Institutes of Biblical Law." The foundations of this work are built on nothing but conjecture, opinion, selfishness and dark fantasy.

Read this book, critique it and openly challenge it in the arena of public discourse. To paraphrase the philosopher Karl Popper, there is no reason for those living in an open society to be tolerant of such blatant intolerance when it clearly aims to undermine the society our Founding Fathers designed and we have nurtured here in the United States. This twisted philosophy and disgraceful book is exactly the kind of thing Popper was talking about.