Episode 15: Lee Carter

WARNING: This interview may ruffle feathers! Danny and Josh interview CONTROVERSIAL author Lee Carter, and discuss his book "Systematic Immorality and the Failure of the MAGA Movement: And God's Subsequent Judgment Upon America" (find the book on Amazon). Carter, a self-described proponent of Christian Reconstructionism/Theonomy, argues for a return to biblical law. Danny debates him on the death penalty, and Lee explains why a biblical model would render only rare use of it. Lee answers their questions on several other theological topics, such as rapture vs rapturism, dispensationalism and antinomianism. Lee explains what the majority of Christians have gotten wrong about Israel. https://systematicimmorality.com Timestamps (by nearest minute): 1:00: Intro 3:00: no such thing as separation of church and state…all law is religious 5:00: Bearing false witness: legal system needs to change to enact penalties 9:00: explaining the MAGA movement 12:00: reception of the book 15:00: Old Testament vs New Testament? 16:00: what does Bible say about punishments? 18:00: Does biblical law apply in later times? 19:00: free will 21:00: why should government enforce victimless crimes? 25:00: Constitution historically did not outlaw biblically-based capital punishments by individual states. 27:00: Bible’s punishments too extreme to apply today? 33:00: how would modern day Americans consent to Biblical law? 35:00: do we have a clear blueprint? 37:00: common law and what our founding fathers based the Constitution on 40:00: Thomas Jefferson: deist or devout Christian? 43:00: Danny’s case against the death penalty: no one should “play God”, least of all the state 45:00: Biblical law would require the witnesses to carry out the execution 47:00: which laws did Jesus say to continue adhering to? 49:00: were the Ten Commandments a summation of other traditional laws? 51:00: moral law vs ceremonial law 54:00: the most merciful legal system 55:00: when is it “force”? 57:00: Christianity by consensus 59:00: where does government come in? 1:01:00: what is anarchy? 1:04:00: “the most eye-opening thing I’ve ever read that actually explains…the difference between the present day nation of Israel and the biblical Israel” 1:05:00: Who are the “chosen people”? 1:10:00: God’s promises were conditional… A.D. 70 1:12:00: is Judaism a race or religion? 1:14:00: the conversion of Paul 1:16:00: what is dispensationalism? What is antinomianism? 1:18:00: American foreign policy and how it is influenced by our theological perspective 1:21:00: Rapture vs Rapturism 1:23:00: the first century tribulation 1:27:00: Josh on being governed by fear 1:28:00: Lee on legalism and why theology matters 1:30:00: freedom from the burden 1:36:00: meeting at The Cross 1:42:00: “Almost cultish”