Posted on 03/01/2007 7:07:22 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Well, I did suggest we knew there had been some changes since they stopped burning witches and became anti-tax maniacs, but since I stopped reading the 'sermon' at this point...
III. We come to speak of the duty and dignity of civil rulers, as the ministers of Christ.
1st. It is their duty to uphold the kingdom of Christ, which consists in "righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."
...and having dismissed three-quarters of the world's population I have finally figured out why we are having such a hard time establishing democracy in those heathen reaches of China, India and of course Moslem dominated cultures.
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