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The tribe-specific beliefs of Protarians
Beyond the beliefs that define our understanding of the Christian faith, there are many things which define the way people in our tribes behave. This is not an exhaustive list, as other tribes may have more specific prohibitions they wish to observe. Regardless, this should help explain the way in which Protarians have chosen to live. In the following chapters, we will present a more thorough explanation of each item.
The following is a summary of our tribe beliefs—informed by scripture and held closely by Protarians.
The most important aspect of Protarian life is the instruction and understanding of the Bible and the gospel message it contains. Our weeks may be filled with many other tasks but at the end of the day, our desire is that we are able to share the joy of our faith with our family (and beyond) through instruction and worship. We take the gift of children seriously and teach them what we understand to be true about the nature of God, his gift of Creation, and the consequences of sin. We teach life ends with death but through resurrection, eternal life—through the gift of forgiveness—awaits those who repent and acknowledge Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
We try hard to understand the grand narrative of the Bible and the arc of the story which it contains—starting in Genesis with the account of Creation, all the way through the return of Jesus as King of restored Creation, the kingdom of God. Much of our work involves stripping away the complexity added to Christianity over the years, unraveling the doctrines and dogma created by man that have made our faith (and God himself) so abhorrent to others.
Our lifestyle focuses on meaning through serving your spouse, family, tribe, then church. We reject the notion that being a Christian requires a “personal relationship” with God. We believe this viewpoint to be a hallmark of feminized Christianity, something which minimizes the fear and reverence God is due. We believe the Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf with “groans that words cannot express” to help us understand the will of God.
Protarians believe the world is in rebellion against God, specifically because of the hierarchy that exists within Creation. We believe mankind’s initial rebellion as described in Genesis represents our realization we are not equal to God but, in fact, are much lower. Ever since then, humans have attempted to reduce this differential, even going so far as to make ourselves gods in some way.
More recently, the rebellion against the design of God’s hierarchy has accelerated. It has gone far beyond the pride of being less than God and extended into nearly every other realm. Humans are currently trying to erase the distinctions of gender, age, race, and many other things—a cosmic rebellion that will one day cause more suffering than any other human disobedience.
We believe all things are created unequal—on purpose. We accept the resulting inequality as a gift and celebrate our differences wherever possible. We acknowledge that in the same way God’s supremacy over us causes many to stumble, other inequalities pose similar problems. This is frequently visible through an acute sense of things being unfair or uneven. For instance, men and women’s sports exist as separate categories specifically so that women can compete against a more level playing field. If we were to combine these groups, women would almost never win—a decidedly “unfair” reality of life.
This inequality is the main reason Creation is full of diversity and beauty. If every plant and animal had equal abilities and weaknesses, our planet would be incredibly boring. But the world we inhabit is round. It spins on its own axis every twenty-four hours, giving certain creatures an advantage during daylight and other nocturnal creatures advantages while it is dark. Our planet is tilted and orbits the sun every 365 days or so, another inequality which gives us the seasons and meteorological change that allow potatoes and watermelons and rice and coffee beans to thrive in certain places and not in others.
These discrepancies exist throughout Creation, no matter where you look. There are differences between genders, species, races, ages, and every other possible grouping of life on this planet. We don’t believe them to be a mistake—a result of the Fall—but a purposeful component of a properly running system. We acknowledge these differences and understand the resentment they create to be a primary source of sin.
Protarians believe God holds all people, no matter their gender, ethnicity, or background to the same moral standards. We believe what God considers good and righteous for one people is also good and righteous for another. We believe what God considers wicked for one group, he also considers to be wicked for another. This consistency often applies across time. What God once considered good and righteous, he continues to consider good and righteous today. What behaviors were condemned by God hundreds of years ago are still condemned today.
Many modern Christians believe differently. They believe moral standards change over time and people groups. They believe certain races or genders are guilty of sin in a way that differentiates them from other races or genders. They believe what used to be considered sinful is no longer so.
Protarians reject this idea. We believe the Bible laid out the guidelines for a properly functioning marriage, family, tribe, church, and nation. We believe those guidelines still apply today. We believe that revising them because the current winds of change may blow in a different direction is foolish and will result in misery and suffering.
We also reject the idea there is no such thing as absolute truth. Ever since philosophers began exploring that concept, our understanding of the nature of Creation—the nature of even God himself—has suffered. Throughout the Bible, God has provided us with his revelation. The revealing of his will. The unveiling of what was once enigmatic. Christians have inverted his intent, shrouding within paradox and mystery what had once been stated clearly. Humanity has gone beyond this affront and rebelled against the natural order of Creation, mocking God by the fact we now celebrate questions rather than their answers.
God’s intent for our lives—to worship him and fully enjoy the gift of Creation and eternal life—is clearly expressed throughout scripture. There may be tragic events we cannot square with this reality. There may be questions about why evil can sometimes flourish. The wonder of God’s Creation may forever leave us seeking answers.Regardless, there will always be a foundational truth that undergirds every question we ask and every answer we find: God loves us and is also just. He wants us to worship him and receive the gift of eternal life.
Protarians believe humans—whether they are Christians or not—are designed to group together in tribes. Tribes are formed from families that share as much in common as possible—a common faith, a common language, a common ethnicity, and beyond. The more unity a given tribe is able to attain, the less social friction they will experience. There will always be disagreements among anyone, of course, but we promote the purposeful intent to align families within a tribe as much as possible.
Occasionally, tribes join together and form nations—a concept firmly against the globalist political agenda of today. We believe tribes should be free to choose their political affiliation and national identity, without interference from foreign actors. The world is headed in a much different direction—globalist sentiment permeates the governments of many nations and, as a result, they are working to rid the world of nationhood altogether.
They have created military forces, full of soldiers with an allegiance only to their paycheck. They’ve worked hard to prevent nations from protecting their borders. They’ve engineered political coups and social unrest to promote their agenda. In short, there are many people who would prefer one nation, rather than many. More importantly, they have nearly destroyed the concept of tribe.
We believe the loss of tribe to be one of the most destructive aspects of modern society. The social cohesion and sense of purpose and belonging tribes provide has been nearly eradicated from many countries. Through multi-cultural propaganda and rampant immigration, the joy humans once had from living amongst similar people has been lost. The ties that bound them tightly together from sharing each other’s burdens is gone. This has created social and economic disorder globalists promise only they can fix.
To add to the problem, many Christians have bought into this fabrication and believe in the utopian promise of one nation and the inherent evil of tribes. These believers have chosen to ignore what the Bible clearly suggests: strong nations—full of unified tribes—are God’s desire for everyone. They are the reward he promises for those who obey his command.
Protarians reject the idea of a centrally-controlled one-nation world. We promote the existence of unified tribes and their right to choose their status of nationhood without coercion. Like David in Psalm 16, we rejoice in saying, “The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage.”
Protarians believe the design of God’s natural order is patriarchal. Starting with God himself, through Jesus, continuing through men who lead their marriage as husbands, their families as fathers, their tribes as elders, and even their nations. We believe that understanding and submitting to this design is necessary for happy marriages, healthy families, and stable tribes.
Similarly, we reject feminism or any other matriarchal system that supposes men and women have similar roles in marriage, family, and beyond. We reject the belief women are better equipped to lead in this regard. We do not allow women to hold positions of authority over men.
We acknowledge the rampant destruction the rejection of this hierarchy has caused within marriages, families, and elsewhere. We believe children are best raised by both a man and a woman who understand their roles and authority structure. We believe feminism undermines the authority of men in such a way it sabotages their ability to assert their authority. We believe the emotion-driven matriarchal culture we live within is incompatible with making tough decisions necessary to preserve the health of families, tribes, and churches. We believe even basic law and order are impossible to maintain without a firm patriarchal system in place.
Protarians place special emphasis on restoring patriarchal systems throughout these institutions. We raise our children to understand the natural design of God and expect young men and women to enter marriage with this concept in mind.
Protarians encourage what we call the tribal economy. We believe the exchange of goods and services can be profoundly meaningful when conducted with people within your tribe. In fact, we believe the loss of this type of exchange to play a large role in the unhappiness many people have with modern life. We encourage tribe members to try and rely on each other through this economy.
Even if things cost more or the selection is not as broad, the positive knock-on effects that come from people within the same tribe relying on each other is far greater. As tribes, we strive to be as autonomous as possible and discourage the purchasing of things from the global supply chain. We acknowledge no one within the tribe profits from this exchange and that it represents a net loss to the community.
We believe central banking has created the illusion of economic prosperity. It has disrupted the tribal economy and stolen the ability of many men to provide for their families. Meanwhile, others, with allegiance to no one but themselves and their love of money, have profited. Together, globalism and central banking have created a never-ending cycle of debt-fueled growth and severe inflation that have served to enslave men and disrupt the joy only a tribal economy can provide.
As Protarians, we recognize the need for economic freedom from globalization and central banking. We believe everyone ought to be able to save or purchase things privately. We believe people should be able to trade or barter their goods and services without being tracked or monitored. We believe this to be an essential right any government or nation should protect within their founding documents.
We believe digital currencies represent a technology meant to increase government control and tracking over what should be private exchange. Because of that, we reject their use and adoption. Similarly, we believe cryptocurrencies to be a type of money that increases—rather than decreases—our reliance on other disinterested, unrelated parties. A farmer standing in a field should be able to sell his tractor to another farmer standing beside him—even with no power, no cel phone, no internet, and without the cooperation of the 15 other companies and counter-parties required to make most crypto transactions work.
Although their purported goal is to take away the control of money from central banks and governments, cryptocurrencies do nothing to promote the tribal economy or true autonomy. In fact, they are currencies designed to encourage globalism. They offer a false sense of privacy and their widespread adoption will accelerate the acceptance of other, more nefarious digital currencies—something which will sabotage our efforts to transition to a tribal economy. These types of currency are money which doesn’t exist in real life other than as ledgers in a database (or blockchain), something which promotes transhumanism by increasing our dependence on a virtual, rather than real, Creation.
Because of these reasons, Protarians shun the use of both digital currencies and cryptocurrencies.
Digital identification and social credit systems are being heavily pushed by many third world governments and globalist organizations with the promise of solving nearly any problem ranging from access to food, healthcare, or financial services. In first world countries, they’ve been touted as a way to improve border security or tax reporting.
As Protarians, we recognize these technologies thrive in low-trust societies and are increasingly being used to exert control over citizens in a more profound way than governments have ever been able to. As digital IDs become more ubiquitous—required for nearly any purchase or service—you could be denied electricity to your house because of something wrong you said online. Your ability to get a job may be adversely affected for refusing a digital ID.
Tying your ability to purchase goods and services to a centralized management system where a single person has the ability to completely cut you off from society with a computer keystroke poses a serious danger to anyone seeking to retain some semblance of freedom in their lives. For that reason, Protarians work towards autonomy in all things and shun the use of digital IDs and social credit systems.
Protarians acknowledge that the Bible promotes and celebrates marriage between one man and one woman as the proper expression of love and commitment. We believe the Bible promotes this view, not out of ignorance, but from past experience, where hard lessons were learned when previous societies collapsed into wickedness and moral decay when they allowed human sexual desire to run unchecked.
The nature and origins of deviant sexual behavior or gender confusion do not factor into our way of thinking on this matter. We may sympathize with those struggling with these issues, but our response is the same—we recognize the destabilizing and destructive effects deviant sexual behavior and abnormal gender identities have on society. We believe these problems are indications of the mental health of a culture, something which, itself, may indicate a group’s spiritual health. We believe a culture which tolerates deviant sexual behavior and gender confusion as normal or acceptable will not last long.
Because of that, we affirm the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. We acknowledge that any other sexual relationship is destructive and unbiblical. We reject the notion there are more than two genders and will not appease anyone who demands we accept their understanding as healthy or pleasing to God.
Transhumanism is the attempt to transcend the human experience as God designed it using technology. In the same way many Christians look forward to “escaping” their natural home (the Earth and Creation) through death and transportation to another spiritual realm (heaven), many non-believers look for escape through things like virtual worlds or hallucinogenic drugs. Protarians believe both of these desires are wrong.
Because we believe earth is our proper home, and because we recognize the sinful desire to make ourselves into gods of our own creations, we reject virtual reality, virtual worlds, and any technology which simulates alternate versions of the universe. This includes interactive experiences, certain forms of medical treatment, and some types of video games.
We reject mind-computer interfaces that attempt to extend human life beyond the limits God has placed upon us. We also reject implanted technology meant to confirm your identification. At the same time, we acknowledge the gift certain medical devices and assistive technologies can provide those with hearing, vision, or other physical impairments.
Protarians reject hallucinogenic and psychoactive drugs and substances. We recognize there are naturally occurring materials within God’s Creation that can produce these effects but reject their use in this way as transhuman sin—the desire to escape the reality of the world in which we live.
Protarians also reject genome editing, CRISPR technology, and any other medicine or technology which manipulates plant or animal DNA or mRNA.
Protarians believe infection and the body’s immune response play an integral part in the development of human health. We believe vaccines subvert God’s perfect design and attempt to use technology to shortcut what the body is normally capable of handling naturally. Additionally, we acknowledge vaccines corrupt the immune system in numerous ways and are likely the cause for many allergic, autoimmune, and neurological issues that appeared once children began being vaccinated.
We believe improper medical care and malnutrition are the single biggest factors in pediatric deaths from infection over the past two hundred years. A happy, healthy human being is the best defense against any ill effects from sickness—far better than anything mankind can create.
Purposefully infecting someone with a bacteria or virus at a time of optimum health—something traditionally referred to as innoculation—is an acceptable way of improving one’s immune system. We would not avoid exercise in hopes of our bodies becoming stronger, nor would we avoid infection in hopes of our immune systems becoming stronger. Instead, we engage them. We challenge them—on purpose, knowing the bodies response is to grow more powerful. Yes, there may be a short time of discomfort or hurt, but we realize this is a necessary component for improvement.
We recognize there are variations amongst the effectiveness and safety profiles of different vaccine types, but ultimately believe placing our trust in man and medicine, rather than God, to be an offense to both our Creator and those around us. For that reason, we reject any and all vaccinations.
Selective embryo screening during pregnancy or fertility treatments for gender, hair color, or any reason other than a search for profound defects is another form of transhumanism we shun. We also reject abortions performed purely for the sake of convenience or regret.
There are many Christians who consider themselves to be pro-life. Protarians accept abortion as a regrettable necessity in the same way we accept capital punishment as a regrettable necessity. We would not assume it was God’s will a baby was born with a congenital defect which will soon kill them. We would mourn such a defect with profound sadness. We would not assume it was God’s will someone’s daughter was raped, just like we would not assume it was God’s will if their entire family was killed in a car crash.
We believe a staunchly pro-life position is something certain affluent societies may be able to afford in theory, but in reality, is an unsustainable viewpoint. We believe the inability to face this reality is a hallmark of the feminist culture. Many have never considered the implications of how mass rape has been used as a weapon of war that lingers long after the invaders have plundered everything and left. Many have never considered how pharmaceutical companies could conspire with government agencies to destroy the fertility of a particular people group. If one out of every 1,000 births resulted in a severe birth defect, families and their tribes might be able to absorb the burden. If every other child were born this way, it would inflict emotional and economic devastation that would destroy them.
Many have not fully explored their commitment to the pro-life stance. For most people, there is at least a theoretical scenario in which they would consider abortion the better choice. Protarians believe such theoretical scenarios are more likely to happen than they might have in the past. For that reason, we have made the decision to acknowledge what might, one day, need to be done.
“But an innocent life is being killed,” some will argue. Protarians accept that as the grim reality of abortion. We do not shy away from this. The act of abortion is a terrible sadness. It is a painful decision. It is killing an innocent life, something which will (or at least, should) affect all of those involved for the rest of their days. In the rare cases where it is deemed necessary, it is done for the greater good of mother and family—possibly even the greater good of tribe or church.
There are people who seem to celebrate the killing of the innocent merely for convenience or even spite—we don’t believe this to be solely a feminist-driven effort but something demonic. Regardless, it does present the question: How could Christians possibly align themselves in any way with a group of twisted people for whom killing babies—even those near or at full gestational development—is done so joyfully?
In war, innocent people are killed. Often children. We know this will happen. Yet many who are pro-life are willing to give war their blessing—not in the hope more people will die or suffer—but with the hope there will ultimately be less. They accept the deaths of the innocent as a regrettable, but necessary, cost to affect what they hope will be the greater good.
In war, the demonic nature within some people is revealed. They revel in violence. They seek to torture, rape, and murder. They may have no real allegiance to their fellow soldiers, no honor or dignity in battle, but use the fog of war as a cover to perpetrate despicable acts of violence, often times against innocent women and children. We know this will happen. Yet many pro-life are still willing to give war their blessing—not with the hope these demonic humans are given the opportunity to act out their barbaric fantasies, of course. They accept this may happen as a regrettable effect of what they hope will lead to a greater good.
Protarians accept there is such wickedness everywhere. We acknowledge these people may show up within a war we support. We acknowledge these people may surface alongside a belief we profess. The fact there are such diabolic people does not invalidate war, nor does it invalidate abortion. As Protarians, we are prepared to make difficult decisions, no matter how unpopular they may be.
Many people are against capital punishment because of the potential injustice of ending someone’s life who was later found not guilty of the crime they were charged with. Even though this may happen, others believe it is rare enough to justify its use.
Regardless of the potential for mistakes, imprisoning murderers for the rest of their life is a luxury few societies historically could have afforded. We may currently be able to house, feed, and clothe criminals, but that is not, and will not always be the case. In a tribe of ten people, if one of those people kills another, you have two choices—kill the murderer, and continue on peacefully with a tribe of eight. Or dedicate two of your tribe members to guard, feed, and clothe that person for the rest of their life—a punishment, if we could call it that, which would take your tribe down to six productive members.
Some will point to the fact capital punishment does not act as an effective deterrent. We would argue it is an effective deterrent against future crimes—it will stop the very person who already showed they are willing to commit heinous acts. Whether it deters other people or not is nearly irrelevant. We believe capital punishment to be the proper way to deal with murderers, rapists, and child molesters—people who are clearly a threat to the stability of society. It is not a sustainable economic model for society to pay for such criminals to live their lives at a level of relative peace and comfort most humans throughout history could have never dreamed of.
Some would say the cost of convicting someone accused of capital crimes is greater than it would be just to house them for the rest of their lives. This is an obvious flaw within a feminized legal system. Using this as an excuse to avoid capital punishment only serves to encourage the profiteering of endless appeals and court hearings, delaying justice even more egregiously.
Because of that, Protarians affirm the need for capital punishment. It is a regrettable, but necessary, legal action that must sometimes be performed.
Protarians acknowledge humans without bodily autonomy are essentially slaves by another name. We believe humans should be free to decide what food we eat and what drinks we consume. We reject any system of belief that suggests animals are not meant for human consumption. We reject the notion other groups of people, experts, or scientists should determine what we eat or drink. We reject the belief we have to eat or forego certain foods to protect the health of other people or our planet.
We reject any compulsory medical procedure as a gross violation of bodily autonomy and believe each individual or family can make decisions for themselves, rather than others on behalf of them. We believe it is everyone’s right and duty to protect their families from harm as they best see fit—so long as it doesn’t require the coercion of others. Similarly, we believe the compulsory application of technology (such as radio waves or electromagnetic fields) through involuntary exposure is wrong, something we seek to reduce wherever possible.
Protarians reject the notion that, in its natural state, the earth’s climate would never change. We recognize Creation as a dynamic universe constantly changing, often times growing in complexity in ways that defy man’s attempt to understand. Because of that, we accept, like every other planet in the universe, the earth and its climate are dynamic entities which have always been in flux. They will continue to change and shift in response to millions of variables we don’t understand and cannot direct.
We acknowledge humans have the ability to affect parts of the earth’s ecosystem, but also reject mankind’s attempts to use fear of a changing climate to grant them power and control. Climate change is a powerful propaganda tool and has been used to great effect for centuries. With the aid of media and academia, the latest incarnation of hysteria has generated billions of dollars in profit for the fear merchants that peddle it. At the same time, the green lobby has successfully destroyed livelihoods, farming, and the ability for families to feed themselves throughout the world.
Because we believe the kingdom of God will take place on earth through a restored Creation, we treat the resources we have been gifted with respect and kindness. We celebrate the diversity of Creation and mourn the extinction of any species as tragic. We attempt to build things for longevity and beauty rather than speed or profit. We design our towns for humans, rather than vehicles. We celebrate natural materials over synthetic ones. In all things, we treasure all of Creation as precious and seek to celebrate and protect its natural beauty.
Protarians acknowledge the risks that come from depending on other people, governments, or organizations for power and food. We accept our strict adherence to the cultural and social guides found within the Bible are likely to isolate us from much of the world. As conspiratorial as it may sound, we believe power utilities, at the behest of government authorities, may one day deny us service because of our beliefs—because we refuse to be vaccinated, for instance, or because we kill and eat animals for food.
We don’t believe mining hundreds of thousands of tons of earth to generate the materials for batteries to store electricity generated from fossil fuels, nuclear power, or renewables like solar or wind, to be a long term energy solution. Solar or wind technologies—and the batteries they require—are far too inconsistent, expensive, and toxic to offer a complete answer. Perhaps technology will improve, but with the understanding the world may one day hate us—and in the spirit of the tribal economy—we do not operate under the assumption we will always have access to such things. Because of that, Protarians seek to increase their independence, not only in the capture and storage of power, but in minimizing our need for it in the first place.
We also believe there may come a time when food scarcity becomes an issue—either through the misallocation of resources by an inept “green” agenda, the breakdown of international cooperation and global trade, or through purposeful manipulation of the food chain in such a way meant to cause disruption. We believe food rationing and/or ration cards could be used as a tool for compliance or punishment, denied to certain people because of their religious or political beliefs. Because of that, our tribes seek to rely less on grocery stores for food and more on each other. We realize complete food autonomy is unlikely but nevertheless, treat the possibility of food scarcity as very real.
Protarians understand that depending on other organizations to control the creation of money decreases their independence. We acknowledge how those organizations have historically stolen wealth from their citizens through the manipulation of money supply and inflation. We see how digital currencies may one day be used to control and coerce. Because of that, Protarians treat monetary independence as a necessary component of autonomy.
We also realize pharmaceutical companies and other nefarious organizations may deny us access to medical care as leverage to coerce and control. In response, we try to maintain healthy lifestyles less likely to need medical intervention. We seek to avoid vaccines and other medical technology that may cause long-term harm.
Finally, we acknowledge that the internet is a utility which may not always be available to us. Because of that, we work towards personal ownership of physical artifacts (photo albums) rather than spending money on rented access to their digital equivalents (iCloud, Google Photos, etc.). We try to minimize the need for widespread communication channels by living close together. We recognize that even with internet access, the free exchange of information is not guaranteed and try to maintain reliable means of staying up-to-date on local and world events.
We do not believe technology is universally bad, but recognize that a dependence on the internet is not good for the health of anyone. Through tribal communities and economies, we encourage lifestyles that make internet access less necessary.
Although Protarians want nothing but peace, we acknowledge that the Bible warns faithful Christians they will be hated by the world. Because we reject many of the beliefs deemed essential to human progress, we may be shunned. Because we reject their worship of science, technology, and medicine, they may attempt to cut us off from all of these things. Because we celebrate the natural hierarchy of God’s design and embrace the inequality that results, it is likely we will be hated. Because we worship the one God of the Bible, and reject philosophers, theologians, and their mysteries—superstitions which gave birth to unbiblical concepts like a multi-personed God and immortal souls, even Christians may be unwilling to help.
We do not seek controversy or conflict but simply wish to live our lives the way we believe God called us to. We realize this will not be easy and as a result, acknowledge the need to move closely together. We believe tribes—groups of Christians living in close proximity—offer the best chance for a peaceful future if turbulence should continue to befall our world. We realize that, for many, it will be too early for them to consider uprooting their lives and families for what might be a radically different lifestyle. We will offer them comfort and guidance as they work through their decisions.
We predict earning a living will become increasingly difficult for Christians within the corporate environment. We believe embracing the culture of equality and tolerance will become a requirement for nearly any job. We believe supporting these companies with your time and talent to be a losing proposition, a promise of financial payment for accepting—and possibly participating in— things which betray your family and faith. Protarians seek to create tribes where men can support their families in vocations that will benefit everyone in ways far beyond what money alone might accomplish. This could be through co-ops, new businesses, or other investments that allow us to pool our resources together and direct our energy in a way that benefits both family and tribe.
We acknowledge our beliefs may cause others to resent us enough to wish violence upon us, part of the reason we believe geographical clustering may provide a greater sense of protection than living scattered throughout the world.
Protarians are a peaceful people. We disavow the use of violence for any purpose other than self-defense. This means, we will not physically attack any person or group of people because we have a difference in belief. We will not attempt to enforce our viewpoints upon anyone, nor will we resolve differences of opinion within our tribes with violence.
We may be a peaceful people, but we are not pacifists. We take the ability to protect our families and tribe from harm seriously. Boys will be taught courage, dedication to their tribe, and the nobleness of fighting to defend it. Men will be expected to rush to their tribe’s defense without hesitation, should the need ever arise. Both will be celebrated for their bravery and willingness to handle conflict from those who might wish us harm. Mothers and daughters will sleep soundly knowing any hostility will be handled by men throughout the tribe.
Protarians do not seek conflict, but if trouble should come, will not hesitate to defend our right to practice what we believe to be God’s will.
Although Protarians have a particular understanding of the Christian faith, we will support the formation and sustenance of other Christian tribes, even though they may differ from us. We understand splitting hairs on religious doctrine is always possible and that perfect unity can be difficult. We also acknowledge most Christians have never heard their faith explained in they way we do.
As mentioned elsewhere, we approach our faith with humble curiosity—an eagerness to understand the entire truth, coupled with the knowledge we are likely wrong about something we currently believe. Because of that, we don’t use words like heresy or unorthodox. We accept the faith of other Christians as authentic, despite our differences. Of course we wish these believers to hear our understanding of the Bible and receive the same sense of joy it brings us, but accept the Christian church is likely much bigger than our particular beliefs.
As Protarians, we believe that in the same way God uses scripture to communicate his will to us, he uses Creation to communicate awe and wonder. This means we engage in active learning and understanding about Creation. This means nature walks with field guides. This means things like praising God not only for the honey, but the bees and flowers and their miraculous interactions that allowed it to be made.
We talk about the hierarchy of God’s design and how we are all formed to play a special role within the grand machine he built. We teach boys and girls the importance of the roles they are one day expected to play as fathers and mothers. We teach men and women the gift of inequality and how their differences work together to create beautiful families. We talk about how families unified together on many fronts form tribes, and how churches and worship naturally emerge from tribes. We talk about the gift of nationhood God promises to tribes that honor him and his commandments.
Most importantly, we teach the nature of God, his gift of Creation and the promise of eternal life—within that Creation—through the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus, our Messiah. The story, the hierarchy, and everything else begins with God, the Father. It descends through Jesus, the Son, and into the men and women and boys and girls which make up our families, tribes, and churches.
Inequality is a necessary factor for marriage and raising children. Men have a natural desire to protect and provide for, something which women are suited to receive. Men have a distinct ability to lead and inspire, particularly in times of trouble. Women have an ability to nurture and provide, denying themselves for others in a way men often cannot. This may strike some as an antiquated understanding of gender roles but we believe it to be the biblical approach to living within God’s design.
Despite the objections of many, children are more resilient and happier within a stable family with both a mother and father. Their father might teach them courage and bravery in a way mothers, with their protective maternal instinct, can not. Their mother may support them through emotional hardship in a way their fathers are not equipped for. Together, these very different styles of parenting can provide children the ability to more readily deal with the challenges of life.
Certain tribes may reinforce these differences through particular clothing, hairstyles, chores, and leisure time activities but it is not a requirement. Unfortunately, modern culture has destroyed many of the cultural cues that once helped boys and girls understand the significance of their differences. It is unknown how much of this is perceived naturally. Regardless, there is much work to be done to restore the awareness of what once seemed obvious.
Protarians acknowledge that the belief men and women are equally suited for all tasks has been destructive. We believe feminism has ruined families, neutralized our ability to defend our national borders, weakened our military, wrecked our justice system, dismantled the concept of law and order, and created a generation of mentally ill adult children who can no longer distinguish between men and women. It has been more destructive to the health and well-being of nations and their people than any war—the effects of which are just now beginning to become obvious.
Feminism has also ruined the patriarchies which form the hierarchy of God’s natural order. This, in turn, has created a generation of effeminate men who were coddled, protected by their mothers so thoroughly they never developed courage, bravery, or any other masculine instinct needed to preserve a stable society.
Effeminate men—and their feminist wives—have raised yet more effeminate boys who will struggle to convince a possible spouse they can provide for and protect them. Depending upon their race, some of these boys have been taught they are the cause of all the worlds problems, for nothing more than the skin color they happened to inherit.
The same parents have created a generation of disillusioned girls who believe the desire to raise a family is shameful and that they can—and should—do everything men can do. For them, anyone who might suggest otherwise is a force of diabolical evil. The resulting confusion has them shaving their heads, disfiguring their faces, and raising thousands of dollars for doctors to mutilate the feminine aspect of their bodies.
With few leaders capable of making tough decisions, our world has been paralyzed by the safety-first leadership of effeminate men and the women who’ve helped to create them.
Protarians believe that marriage is the most important relationship any humans can have. The health of a man and woman’s marriage is the foundation of the entire hierarchy of kinship. As husband and wife, your joint prayer and seeking of God’s will should result in abundant blessings.
From a healthy marriage flows a happy, healthy family that should be the source of much joy. Besides Creation itself, children are God’s greatest blessing, and Protarians celebrate them fully. We teach our children to personally understand what a blessing they are to us, and we teach them to look forward to one day getting married and experiencing the same joy with their own children.
We accept children do not enter the world emotionally mature but need instruction and discipline as they grow. We don’t believe children are miniature adults, but are vulnerable, naive, humans who depend upon us to teach what is expected of them. We believe parents whose children are coddled and not disciplined are not truly raising them in love, but for their own comfort. We believe parenting to be a long-term investment in our children’s futures. We believe the most important goal of successful parenting is to raise our own children to be independent, joyful, God-fearing, adults capable of raising their own children in the same way.
Much of the modern world has rejected beautiful things. This is readily apparent in architecture, music, beauty standards, and art. If you were to look at fashion show, it is likely the clothing would be purposefully strange, the models chosen for their peculiar appearance. If you were to visit nearly any art museum built in the last 50 years, it will likely be an ugly building that could serve no purpose other than housing even uglier artwork. Music has taken a similar trajectory, as has nearly anything else once considered aesthetically pleasing.
There was a time when humans considered beauty to be the ideal. From doorknobs to elevator doors, from libraries to paintings—no matter where you looked, it was expected things would be beautiful. Something changed about 150 years ago. Something took over beauty as the end goal.
Novelty became the new ideal. Newness. Never-before-seen-or-heardness. A symphony might have once been judged on the emotional tug of sadness or happiness it created in its listeners. Now, it is judged solely by whether it uses a new approach to music making. Does it make use of a new instrument? Does it use an old instrument in a new way never before tried? Are the players facing away from the audience, instead of toward them? If it features something never been done before, many will consider the symphony—despite any musical value it may or may not have—to be the work of a genius.
Paintings that, for hundreds of years, astounded viewers with their realism and nuance have become the scribbles and scratches of animals. The astonishing, glowing faces of Bouguereau have been replaced by Mark Rothko’s Untitled—a painting of two rectangles (sold for $31 million dollars). Sculptures of celebrated humans and their sometimes perfect physiques have been replaced by rusty boxes, giant hair picks, and literal piles of dirt and excrement.
Protarians reject this celebration of novelty and instead focus on beauty as the ultimate ideal. We celebrate beautiful music and paintings that point us toward God. We strive to live in beautiful houses with beautiful furniture built with beautiful tools. We reject newness or unfamiliarity as an attribute of value. In all things, we seek to restore the appreciation for beauty natural to all human endeavor.
Protarians believe owning things is important—physically possessing things you can hold and store and pass down to your children. This is partly an attempt at decreasing our dependence on corporations and other organizations that may one day consider us enemies. But it is also an attempt to combat the transhuman pull of the modern age.
A record of many people’s lives are being digitally stored in “the cloud,” the mysterious set of hard drives we pay to keep our memories safe. Protarians believe this to be an unnecessary step towards transhumanism and prefer to keep physical pictures within our homes. We strive to purchase physical books, rather than digital ones. We’d prefer to own copies of music or films, rather than depend upon a streaming service to deliver them to us. We’d rather paint on canvas than an iPad. We’d rather have the world’s most complete library than the world’s fastest internet connection.
The planet is headed in a direction where everyone’s possessions are rented, never owned. Streamed, never possessed. Kept safe from loss, but possibly kept from us should our beliefs be considered wrong. Protarians believe owning and possessing physical artifacts—rather than their virtual, digital equivalents—to be an important part of our way of life.
Protarians believe humans are designed to live amongst one another in unity and fellowship. We believe the internet has provided a way to find other like-minded people but that the ultimate goal is to live in physical proximity to each other. In this way, we can share each other’s burdens through the tribal economy. We can worship and pray together. We can eat together. Anything humans have always been able to enjoy with each other.
We believe social media is often a destructive substitute for real, human interaction. The anonymous mob mentality of these platforms lends itself to the worst human behavior. They are optimized to create anxiety and uncertainty, particularly for women, and are poor substitutes for actual relationships. We acknowledge they have some utility in keeping families connected but also acknowledge that by using them, we are supporting corporations whose employees may hate us for our beliefs.
Because of that, Protarians consider a life with no social media or virtual interactions to be ideal.
Protarians believe that God loves all of his children equally and reject the notion he favors any particular group over another. At the same time, we believe unified people groups offer the best environment for stable tribes. We believe differing religious beliefs, ethnicities, languages—even diversity of thought—can provide the seeds of division. Because of that, we seek unity in as many things as possible.
Many Christians believe the gift of the Holy Spirit should enable us to live peacefully amongst anyone else, no matter how different they may be. Such people believe if you are able to truly call yourself a devoted follower of Christ, you must be able to tolerate any division, no matter the disturbance or social unrest it may cause your family.
Protarians reject this notion. We believe, according to various letters in the New Testament, we are called as Christians to separate ourselves from those who are willfully rejecting God. This doesn’t negate the possibility for mission work or evangelism, but at the same time, does not suggest we must live amongst those same people.
We also believe that, according to the Biblical account of the Tower of Babel, God separated various tongues and tribes on purpose, in order to promote peace and harmony. We acknowledge from the moment they are born, humans feel an instinctive pull towards people who are more like themselves than not. This means people who look like themselves, who talk like themselves, and a thousand other variables that define the human experience.
Depending on who this favoritism originates from, the world often defines these kinds of preferences as racism. We do not believe in-group favoritism to be sinful and we certainly do not believe it to be a result of the Fall of man. We acknowledge it as a natural phenomenon God intended and encourage it as an essential attribute of any healthy tribe—no matter their race or ethnicity.
The formation and development of Christian tribes represents the primary mission work of Protarians. We seek to connect unified Christians together, no matter the specifics of their faith or ethnicity.