Saturday, March 20, 2010

C.C., and R.C. Sprowl Jr.

In his latest comment in the conversation I quote in my previous post, C.C. gave a link to this blog, where the author writes that Romans 13 commands obedience not just to government as it ought to be, but to government as it is. "That means governments whose authority is on shaky grounds, as well as governments whose activity is on shaky grounds, if they are the ones in power, are to be submitted to, unless or until they command us to do what God clearly forbids, or forbid us to do what God clearly commands."

What God clearly commands, as C.C. pointed out, is to give up to the government however much money it demands no matter what that government is going to spend it on.

This link doesn't really address the issue I raised, which is that there cannot be a moral duty to fund something that would be immoral to commit.

A few times I've heard people call Christianity a slave religion, and this is one of those areas where I think that name is more than appropriate.

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