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To: Raycpa

Isn't that nice. Shall I quote Romans 13 for starters?
I'm tired of liberals claiming that they are above the law because they are practicing their "faith". A selective practice, I might add.


14 posted on 03/18/2006 9:49:47 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Does Romans 13 apply to immoral laws?

Why not explain to me how Jesus wasn't refering to illegal aliens when he explained our responsibility to our neighbors or are we only called to love those we deem legal?


17 posted on 03/18/2006 9:56:44 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Scotsman will be Free
Isn't that nice. Shall I quote Romans 13 for starters?

Yes but in the case of the Catholic Church we have a doctrine called the Gelasian doctrine of the two-swords. Such that for every person who claims to be part of Christendom the authority of the Church is to be set at a higher level than that of any civil authority. And should the later contradict the former, we are to side with the Church. That is part of our faith. It is true that in the broad sense the authority of governments to exercise power comes from God, as must all authority by it's very nature, however in the particular governments can and do negate their authority by acting against God's will and His commands. Otherwise Romans 13 could be used to justify any form of tyranny. Romans 13 only stipulates that in general we are to follow and obey the civil authority's because God has given them power even though they maybe pagan, and as it stands we cannot question God's will. But again, that is in the broad sense, are we to “obey” the civil authority when Christianity is made illegal?

25 posted on 03/18/2006 10:14:30 AM PST by Pelayo
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Thank you.


51 posted on 03/18/2006 10:40:35 AM PST by gogeo
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Liberals don't have any "faith"....that's why they're liberals. They kill babies and applaud men who have sex with one another.

I guess they figure giving a package of chips and a bottle of water to a "sojurner" will cover their gross sins and the God they don't believe in will look the other way.


164 posted on 03/23/2006 8:47:20 AM PST by cowdog77
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