The Invention of Government
Let us continue our search for a divine origin of the state by asking: Could government have been instituted at some time soon after the Creation and the subsequent “Fall” of Adam and Eve? Actually, the state was indeed first instituted around that time… However, that first government was not created by God at all but, according to Genesis 10:8-10, by a tyrant called Nimrod, who: “began to be a mighty one in the earth. … the beginning of his kingdom was Babel” According to Genesis 11, the idea of his followers was to directly challenge God by first instituting … Continue reading →