[SoFloFreeper]

I have heard the same question from time to time. This answer seems to be more detailed than many might like, but it certainly is thorough for someone writing "on the fly".

[RIghtwardHo]

Agreed.

[Iron Munro]

The question itself is new-age idiocy.

[dfwgator]

I suspect once Common Core becomes standard, the Founding Fathers will be “Slaveholders who didn’t want to pay their taxes.”

[MrB]

Romans 13 is written in the context of legitimate government, specifically one that rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked.

As was stated specifically in the Declaration, the gov’t of King George was destructive to those ends of legitimate gov’t and it became the right and the duty of Christian men to throw it off and establish a legitimate authority as biblically defined.

We’re in the same situation today.

[knarf]

where was this when the feds were attacking me ???

Belated ... but thanx

[super7man]

Bump for later.

[tacticalogic]

I figure "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's" doesn't preclude Caesar being due an ass kicking.

But that's just MHO.

[skeeter]

Paging Glenn Beck.

[Romulus]

Presbyterian is the operative word here, as the American Revolution was a Calvinist/Presbyterian project. The 13 colonies were founded and/or dominated by non-conformist Reformation sects, who a century before had murdered their annointed king. Their ecclesial preoccupations with self-sufficiency and independence heavily colored their political views and continue to trouble us to this day. Anglo America is liberal in its DNA, as are most members of this forum as soon as they scratch the surface.

[SoFloFreeper]

It is important for you to re-read the Declaration of Independence, which after this email I suspect you will see through new eyes. You will find that, though it never references Romans 13, the entire document is a justification of independence, to people who knew Romans 13 well, in terms of the king having broken covenant with his subjects. And it is that last bit to which I’m seeking to draw your attention.

This is essentially the answer I tend to rely upon when told we must obey the federal government blindly....I appeal to THE REAL LAW. In our land, the federal bureaucracy is not the Law. The CONSTITUTION is the law.

[DoodleDawg]

Were the Founding Fathers in sin when they rebelled against King George?

I would hope that our Founding Father's didn't waste any time worrying about the answer to this.

[miss marmelstein]

I had no idea this was running around in some Christian circles. Face palm!

[oldtech]

Good article. It seems to me that we have too many lawyers(in & out of the administration) interpreting our Constitution these days,& doing it purposefully in a manner which many or most of us can’t readily understand. They seem to work this in such a way that keeps our country divided rather than united.

[cripplecreek]

The British were increasingly oppressive and weren’t following their own rules.

That’s good enough for me.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[grobdriver]

For later reference.

[thefactor]

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[af_vet_1981]

I reject the attempt to justify the American revolution from the scriptures.

[mjp]

Romans 13 (which counsels dutiful subordination to legally established authorities)

Natural rights are God-given. Human nature as a rational being is God-created. A rational being has certain requirements in order to live the life proper to a rational being.One of those requirements is natural rights. The government exists for no other purpose than to secure, preserve, and protect those rights. Any government that violates natural rights, even if were legally established, contradicts God, and deserves to be rebelled against or overthrown in order to leave the individual free to pursue his own individual happiness and live a life proper to a rational being.

[Albion Wilde]

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