>100 years ago, Europe was still hardcore religious enough that the Dutch made a fundamentalist Calvinist theologian their prime ministerVGH
>>18411362All he did was allow for the pillarization of the Netherlands (i.e. allowed religious communities to create their own institutions). He was a giga-religious pluralist since he was for sphere sovereignty. Doug Wilson's misinterpretation of him as a Theonomist is literally the opposite of what he was.
>>18411422John Calvin was for sphere sovereignty, bro.
>>18411430Kuyperians interpret sphere sovereignty completely differently from John Calvin. Geneva was a totalitarian establishmentarian State. While Kuyperians are for a pluralist State in which different religious communities have their own institutions.
>>18411432>totalitarian>16th centuryAnachronism
>>18411432Also, Wilson would argue it’s not pluralism but soft establishment.
>>18411434>>18411437I would say that Geneva was the first example of a totalitarian State. Their was no distinct civil society. As all civil institutions and private associations were under the direct control of the State. There was mass censorship and control of media (banning and punishments for possessing any unauthorized religious material). Extensive surveillance etc... Kuyper wasn't an establishmentarian nor was he in favor of any type of curtailment of religious liberty. Doug Wilson on the other hand wants Credal requirements (believing in the Nicene creed) for holding political office. And banning certain public displays of religion if they don't follow these Credal requirements. Which is a Different position from Calvin or Kuyper or even og Theonomists like Rushdoony.
>>18411460You would be dead wrong. This is textbook anachronism, for instance the charge of “mass censorship and control of media” would require said media to actually exist, which it did not at this time. A totalitarian state was both culturally and technologically impossible.
>>18411463Kuyper was the founder of the same political party that did nothing other than flood the Netherlands with faggots in the 21st century
>>18411463They actually did have the infrastructure for Mass media. Geneva was one of the first few places to adopt the printing press and had a thriving media culture.
>>18411486What did he do?
