Why should the government be allowed to regulate what parents do?
Because you can't abuse your kid. This is a case of Non-stupid regulation.
Whether it should be the GOVERNMENT doing it or something else (Anarchism VS Statism) is another issue.
Why don't you just admit it. You are a Anarcho-Capitalist.
Not yet. But I'm starting to lean in that direction.
So if I forget about the law against statutory rape, I couldn't be held guilty for it?
First of all, I didn't say "You couldn't be held guilty" either, I simply said its impossible to obey US law all the time (There are far too many laws to remember.) Second of all, laws about statutory rape are easier to remember than most laws on the books. Third of all, the fact that we call an 18 year old sleeping with his 17 year old girlfriend "Rape" shows that our government is just stupid...
We have used that passage before to little avail. It has however lead to much lols.
Not to mention it is quite vague...
(Well, and its like one of my least favorite Bible passages, and ESPECIALLY when CH tries to use it, but that's another matter.)
How do you thin they govern us? Often regulations are part of being a government, so if you are resisting the regulations they put in, you are resisting God. Australia did quite well out of the recent GFC, in part due to effective government regulations of the financial industry whereas those countries that faired less well were those that did not have as strict regulations.
What do you think an ordinance is Dom?
Alright Classical, you are no longer allowed to protest anything the government does, because that would be a contradiction of your interpretation of Romans 13. In fact, Romans 13 does not teach blind, sheep-like obedience to the government as you assume:
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid;
It seems to me that this statement has to be true for God to ordain obedience, and when it is not true it is OK to rebel (I'll leave you the judge of when this is true.) While its not the case in my country or yours, in many countries, you would actually receive praise for doing EVIL.
Now, clearly the point here is qualified, not absolute, otherwise NO government would qualify, however, in some cases the total opposite is true, and in those countries, their governments should be overthrown, IMO even by Christians if possible. An example is North Korea. They don't care about murder or theft, but insult Kim Jong IL, and your entire family is going with you to the death camps.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
It says GIVE THEM WHAT THEY ARE OWED. Not what they say they are owed. It is conceivable that the two may not always be the same. In fact, the only thing Christ specifically gives to Caesar is money, specifically money printed by him (Not necessarily all forms of Capital), anything else is up for debate as to what belongs to them and in what amounts.
Also, I'm kinda shocked you didn't try to make the argument that everyone who has resisted any authority, ever, is damned. Because if you take the passage 100% literally, that is what it is saying. I do not choose to take the passage 100% literally.
However, in any case, none of the cases I was describing here are the case here. I wasn't suggesting we should disobey the government (Though I think in some cases we just have to ignore them, I don't think God would call us to study every page of the 2,900 page health care bill just so we can obey every word
), rather I was suggesting that what the government is doing is wrong. If you say this is impossible, good to know Hitler was a good guy
Hardly. You're talking about somebody who thinks that the state should ritually butcher adolescent girls for pursuing abortions.
Actually, that (Even though untrue), has nothing to do with it. Murder would still be banned in an anarchist society anyway, and from what I gather about it from Anarchists I've talked too (Especially RIGHT-WING Anarchists), abortion may or may not be banned depending on jurisdiction. And there are certainly pro-life Anarchists.
Also, I don't support them being "Ritually butchered." I think they should be given the penalty for murder.
In Anarcho-Capitalism, the corporation can do it for him. Who needs the state to execute them, when Mafia thugs do it so much better?
This isn't how Orderly Anarchy works...
Great Chain of Being, Dommy. DON'T YOU DARE BREAK THAT FRIGGEN CHAIN!!!!!!!!
Huh?
