Question for Bible believing Christians

[VOYAGER]

Correct me if i'm wrong but, isn't it against the law or just school politics to not teach religion in school. One example of the law demanding us to turn our backs on our heritage. Maybe that is why the world is in the downward spiral that it is. A form of mind/population control. Choose God or the Government? All inteligent life knows the difference between right and wrong, we don't need laws to tell us which is which. I feel the majority of laws are for control purposes in order to benifit the lawmaker, not the good of humanity.

[RichieRich]

Haze...The best thing I could tell you is that with many things in life there is not a clear right or wrong answer. What I would suggest is that you live your life as best as possible with the morals / values that you hold to be true. And when you make a mistake you say sorry, learn, and try to do better the next time. By being thankful and joyful and happy, you will be better off than most people.

[VOYAGER]

Most stories in the Bible tell of in one form of another the Persection of Gods people by the government of that time. (evil)Man has always wanted the control of power. To create a law that would go against Gods intentions would be the smartest thing an evil person could do (if in fact we had to obey all laws) I like RR's answer, live life the best you can in Gods eyes not the laws.

[hazetwostep]

first off seperation of church and state is a completely different topic but it also does not ask us to turn our backs on our heritage. it is simply protecting the freedom of religion for everyone. if we allowed prayer to jesus in schools, would that be fair for muslims or jews? in communist china they would ask you to turn your back on religion, not here. here we have the freedom to gather for religious reasons in school, public, anywhere... it is just not going to be organized by the schools.

richierich,

well before you can say that there is not a clear answer, you would have to explain how the clarity of obeying authority and laws are not clear in the bible... that is what i am trying to find out if anyone can find one...

[harris7]

. i don't think he was as boring and religious as most people portray him.

your right about something...

[hazetwostep]

unitedwefall...
sorry for playing devli's advocate but... does that mean if i believe that heroin is ok then it is fine to ignore the law banning it? do we all get to decide which one's have their place and which one's don't...?

[Bob the Awesome]

I am not a Bible-tought Christian, but I talk and am around many.

From how it seems, Christians, like most groups, are OK with laws when they work with their beliefs. As the other guy said, ban Christianity and it'd be OK to go against the laws.

Whether or not Christians listen to the government is most likely going to be a political/personal choice, not a religious one, although it will be stated as such. One must know, however, that laws are made by humans and are therefore fallible.

[Captain Hanks]

I was actually the first to comment it being ok for Christians to go against the law of banning Christianity (Daniel and the lions den).

Anways, heroin is a completly different subject. Like the strong wine of the old testament; there are both positive and negative views in the bible concerning it. Bottom line, use don't abuse (if abuse with cannabis is possible).

[hazetwostep]

I can understand if the law was asking you to do something unbiblical... but if it is asking you to refrain from an unnecessary behavior??? I see a big difference...

if you suddenly start saying there is room for exception due to personal opinion doesn't that open a pretty big door? there are people who can casually use harder drugs like coke and all... would that be alright for them? i have a friend who will do coke like a few times a year...

also, the reason i specified "bible believing" is because that intails people who would go by the commandments the bible states... not just made up exceptions that they see fit (i dont mean that rudely or saying you are wrong for doing it, just different then the mainstream definition of "bible believing"). from that perspective one would need to soundly defend a stance through scripture and not personal opinion... as we can change anything by personal opinion. ya know? there would need to be some scripture stating that if you disagree with a law you could disobey. but i probs won't bump into many peeps like that on here!!! pepople with this habit don't tend to be too publicly mainstream in church!

[MastaChronic]

I can understand if the law was asking you to do something unbiblical... but if it is asking you to refrain from an unnecessary behavior???...!

worshipping some invisible man in the sky that protects you from evil is not a necessary behavior