[Winston Smith Jr.]

Hold on a moment, when did any of us even suggest that we tell our "Magistrates" this?

The same major theological problems are created when our Magistrates tell themselves that they may exceed the specific Authority granted them in Romans 13: 8 - 10.

[mcg1969]

So what you're saying then is that Romans 13 had no relevance whatsoever to its first century readers. Somehow I doubt that.