You have to wonder though, does Romans 13: 1-7 speak volumes about the ethics of rulers of its era? And how does it feel to take it literally and think of your respective government (or one of another nation of your choosing)? Perhaps more politicians should read it (and not misconstrue it as justification either)
2010/8/17 eckinator <[email protected]>: > 2010/8/17 CheekyGeek <[email protected]>: >> >> Excellent, Ecke! Let me rephrase then for clarity: >>>> A Christian is under a >>>> scriptural obligation to obey the secular rulers in all things, (Romans >>>> 13: 1-7; >>>> I Timothy 2: 1,2; I Peter 2: 13-15) EXCEPT >>>> those that would require them to break a command from a Higher >>>> Authority (Acts 5:29). > > Point taken but surely you'll agree that while much good has come from > people who stood up for their faith in the face of ungodly > authorities, by the same token much bad has come from those who placed > /themselves/ and what /they/ believed to be God's command above what > common sense has come to accept from worldly authorities. About as > many sides as pages to the Good Book... > > Best, > Ecke > -- Cheers Ecke ----------------------------------------- Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
