Locke’s Promises

This position paper argues that John Locke’s political promises rest on the same humanistic myth of consent that ultimately replaces God’s sovereignty with the supposed rationality of man, first locating authority in the majority and later, in practice, transferring it to self-appointed elites. By denying God’s Word as the foundation of law and justice, Locke substituted “right reason” as the source of legitimacy, assuming a rational humanity that does not exist and thereby justifying rule over those deemed irrational or unfit. The paper contends that majoritarianism can be as tyrannical as monarchism often more so because the greed and envy of the many can exceed that of a single ruler, as seen in socialism and fascism, where consent is redefined, manipulated, or coerced. Once sovereignty is severed from God, it is inevitably relocated in human institutions, scientific rationalism, or political elites, leading to the dehumanization of dissenters and the erosion of true justice. The paper concludes that only God, as Creator and Definer of man, has the right to govern and remake humanity, and that any political order grounded in humanistic consent rather than divine law collapses into tyranny disguised as reason. #JohnLocke #Consent #Humanism #BiblicalAuthority #Sovereignty #Majoritarianism #Statism #GodsLaw