You might to re-read verse 41 from chapter 5 of Matthew again in the context of being forced to carry a occupying gentile’s equipment for one mile, even on the Sabbath. I’ll wager you I can find more support for radical pacifism in the New Testament than you can of “standin’ up for MY rights, dadgummit!”
Been there, done that, kept reading scriptures and meditating on what was actually being said. The worst things that ever happened to the cause of Christ was becoming accepted by the government around 250 a.d. and then a significant part of it in 330 a.d. Speaking of backbone, how much backbone did it take to pray for and bless the Coliseum Guards when they were throwing you and your family to hungry lions?
I wasn’t talking about standing up for a person’s individual rights.
I was talking about standing up for truth and what’s right in general.
If that didn’t happen in the past, we wouldn’t have this country we are now living in. The Founding Fathers would have just stayed under the yoke of England.
Hey, you don’t give up. History has a way of repeating itself, but we are in an age full of spiritual danger which is a source of evil.