To: Beelzebubba
If you think that exceeding posted speed limits suggests a tendency toward criminal activity... Exceeding posted speed limits
is criminal activity.
Not all laws are inherently good.
I agree completely. I come at this, if you're interested, from a Biblical perspective. Romans 13 commands Christians to obey the civil authorities, who derive their authority from God. Therefore, the default position is to obey. Other Scriptures add that where there is a conflict between their civil law and God's law, then that is an inherently un-good law, and we must instead obey God's law.
To: Hebrews 11:6
Unfortunately, this doesn't address what should be done when civil law is in conflict with itself.
94 posted on
01/21/2003 1:56:40 PM PST by
tacticalogic
(revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night)
To: Hebrews 11:6
Romans 13 commands Christians to obey the civil authorities, who derive their authority from God. Therefore, the default position is to obey. Other Scriptures add that where there is a conflict between their civil law and God's law, then that is an inherently un-good law, and we must instead obey God's law.That's one way of reconciling Romans 13 with those other passages; another is to conclude that a Christian must discern whether the government is acting as "God's servant" in any particular case and obey only if it is.
97 posted on
01/21/2003 2:10:21 PM PST by
MrLeRoy
("That government is best which governs least.")
To: Hebrews 11:6
Other Scriptures add that where there is a conflict between their civil law and God's law, then that is an inherently un-good law, and we must instead obey God's law.Scripture admonishes to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's. Did Caesar give us the herbs of the field or fruits of the vine and orchard?
117 posted on
01/21/2003 6:30:48 PM PST by
TigersEye
(90,000 registered FReepers x $1 each month = ?)
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