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To: goldstategop

However, in none of the biblical accounts of heroes obeying God rather than man is there any hint that they claimed to be immune from punishment by man for that reason.

The whole point of civil disobedience is that one willingly accepts the punishment for breaking the law.


4 posted on 08/27/2007 6:39:48 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Scratch a liberal, find a dhimmi)
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To: Sherman Logan

The whole point of civil disobedience is that one willingly accepts the punishment for breaking the law.

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Or overthrow the government. Cf. Esther, Israels wars to establish the nation, David’s war with Saul.


5 posted on 08/27/2007 7:02:11 AM PDT by Greg F (Ann Coulter is smarter than most of us and quicker witted than all of us.)
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