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To: Ravnagora
“My faith does not allow it, and I do not want to mistreat, threaten, or discriminate against anyone. At the same time I am obliged to confess my faith, to bring up my children and to contribute to my society in accordance with what has been passed on to me—even if this means suffering legal punishment at the hands of the state.”

That is a fine credo by which to live and practice one's faith. Christ said that a time would come in which believers would suffer for their God, just as He suffered for them.

... the earthly and temporal powers of the state can and should be recognized as imperative only to the degree that they are used to support good and limit evil. ... a Christian may obey state laws only if such obedience does not demand apostasy or sin.

Expanding on the original thesis, this provides the framework for a solid Christian stance in the poastmodern world. We will not be the enemies of the state. But the state may very well be OUR enemy.

3 posted on 11/21/2009 8:33:18 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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To: IronJack

Just have to oppose everything that arises from ‘postmodernism’. You cannot abide by it in any way shape or form!


4 posted on 11/21/2009 12:29:03 PM PST by BenKenobi
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