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To: Warden

Proverbs 27:23 gives a principle to authorities, whether family, church or government. Those in authority need to be aware of those under their care.

I cannot see how a standardized ID is an abuse of God-ordained authority.

I can see how it could help those in authority do their job more effectively.


31 posted on 10/07/2004 9:12:34 PM PDT by unlearner
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To: unlearner

It is not the responsibility of God-ordained authority to require all their subjects to submit an ID card before they can engage in business and commercial transactions or deal with government agencies. I am not aware of any Scriptural warrant that justifies the civil authority to interfere with freedom of association and private property, which of course mandatory IDs represent. Rather, this represents a form of theft (alienation of property), which is forbidden by the Eighth Commandment. The civil magistrate is no more above the moral law than are his subjects.


32 posted on 10/07/2004 9:26:50 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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