{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Fourth Way","title":"(197) S9E40 {Interview ~ Joshua of the Our Foundations Podcast} The Idealism of Anarchism and the Kingdom of God","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6038,"description":"I had the opportunity to speak with Joshua of Our Foundations podcast. We talk a lot about idealism, which is often a pejorative accusation levied at ideologies which seek to change the world. In this episode we dig into whether or not anarchism is a natural outworking of the idealistic Kingdom of God, and whether Christians should compromise on that ideal or pursue it. \r\n\r\n0:00:00 - Introduction\r\n0:12:45 - Christians should seek idealism and perfection, despite its unattainability \r\n0:18:00 - Why don't we teach pursuing the ideal in governing our world, but we teach pursuing the ideal in regard to things like adultery/lust and murder/hate?\r\n0:22:00 - Reverse incarnation as hope and hypocrisy as a lack of pursuing the ideal\r\n0:24:30 - how do you know which ideal to embrace when there are competing idealisms?\r\n0:29:40 - The practical nature of the Kingdom of God and his orderly universe\r\n0:40:40 - Cycle of individualism vs the cycle of institutionalism\r\n0:46:00 - Flipping the script: the idealism of the statists and just war adherents\r\n0:56:00 The practical nature of God's kingdom\r\n1:01:00 - The alternative of no government seems worse\r\n1:05:00 - The market as organization rather than state\r\n1:20:00 - Free markets incentivize non-discrimination\r\n1:31:45 - Cycles in human history\r\n1:38:00 - Outro and plugs","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JGkV-vDM_2fB5-17TQ9iEONJxTXbDMwB1A42S8-5Pm0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0ODIvMTU2NjEy/NDE3OS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}