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To: myfreepress
"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities."

Even when they are wrong? The Supreme Court ruled that killing babys was leagal. Are you comfortable with that? That decision was made by governing authorities. So was witch burning and inquisitions.

6 posted on 12/29/2009 10:34:22 PM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: blackbart.223

I will say. I didn’t write the Bible I just study it. I don’t believe it is ok to have an abortion, but I also believe it is not ok to condemn another and not pray for them because they do. Prayer will be the only way to help our elected officials make the correct decisions.


8 posted on 12/29/2009 10:37:12 PM PST by myfreepress
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To: blackbart.223

The traditional Christian position is, you submit to the authorities, unless they command you to sin.

There is ample biblical evidence for this. Daniel was forbidden to pray, prayed anyway (publicly), got put in the lion’s den. The Hebrew midwives were commanded to kill the Hebrew males babies; they didn’t do it. Etc.

Aborting babies, burning “witches,” those would be sinful. So we don’t submit to that.

Government is not allowed to command you to sin.
(I didn’t reference the Inquisition, because I am not sure what role government played in that).


51 posted on 12/29/2009 11:54:25 PM PST by Marie2 (The second mouse gets the cheese.)
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