[wbarmy]

So Oaks is saying that when the court says something, we must obey. Tell that to the abolitionists. Tell it to the Covenantars. Tell it to the Moravians. But do not tell it to me, I ain't listening.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I am very tempted to mock Mormon beliefs in my response. I will resist. Let’s just say, they are not known for being biblically sound, so...it is still sad since they used to be known for their family values.

[Another Post-American]

So when the government says kill all the Jews, we have to kill all the Jews. Mormons have put man before God.

[Mechanicos]

says that “every soul” should “be subject to the governing authorities” because they are “appointed by God.” If Christians take the Scriptures seriously, how can they refuse to “be subject to the governing authorities”? The answer is found in a close look at the rest of . Those legitimate civil powers are not to be “a terror to good works, but to evil (by the Bible’s standards).” They are to praise and encourage those who do good (by the Bible’s standards). Civil magistrates are to protect the innocent, and enforce justice.

When a civil jurisdiction actually becomes a “terror” to those who seek to do good, encourages wrongdoing, fails to protect the innocent, and does not enforce just laws against those who break them, then the civil regime has severed itself from accountability to God’s transcendent revealed principles, and thereby has lost its authority. It begins functioning out of raw power it seizes and arrogates to itself.

[windsorknot]

It is “gays” who take the wrong approach, not knowing which end is up.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Mormons: bringing cultic obedience to bad court rulings.

[circlecity]

The mormon church really couldn’t understanding Kim Davis’ reasoning and position on this because it’s a Christian thing.

[jeffersondem]

One of the most hierarchical organizations in the United States is our military. It is not discussed much, but U.S. soldiers are trained NOT to obey orders - if the orders are illegal. It is always a tough call for a private to refuse to obey an order from a superior because it can result in his being shot.

Civilians are in the same difficult situation today in the U.S. It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

[Texas Yellow Rose]

Bump for later

[gtx960]

Oaks would have chastised Jesus for trashing the moneychangers’ stalls in the Temple.

[Ransomed]

It’s probably still embarrassing that they gave in when the state dictated how they could practice their religion, and they obeyed the state by changing their official position.

Freegards

[Elsie]

But when conflicts between them arise and are decided, citizens of a democracy must follow court rulings, he said.

Wussiness STILL pervades the Mormon 'religion'!

[HLPhat]

The Mormon state-establishment (America's Islam) is a FRAUD.

 

Next?

"...who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time;

 

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 that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. "

 

"I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"

--The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom
--Thomas Jefferson, 1786

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