[C. Edmund Wright]

you should learn to read before you vent. Would save you lotta embarrassment.

[Responsibility2nd]

His response is instructive both for the Christian and for those who seek to understand what motivates Christians,

“The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.”

Well how do we know whether a law is just or unjust?

A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.

And this is where everyone starts to get uncomfortable. Is that MLK or Jerry Falwell?

 

 

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Very good points in this article relative to Moral Absolutes. I would add this question; "How can a Moral Wrong be a Civil Right?"

Anyhoo, a whole lot of FReepers (Hello C. Edmund) are all over the map here in (mis)understanding some basic M/A truths.

 

 

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[IrishBrigade]

you should learn to read before you vent. Would save you lotta embarrassment.

heh heh...good one, C. Edmund...you get the last word; make it count for a change...