[When asked how laws against marijuana and speeding were based on the 10 commandments]
Thou shalt not steal. By breaking those laws, one steals authority from the government legally instituted to govern us.
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And every one knows that "Thou shalt not use thy lords name in vain" is completely compatible with the first amendment. You just have to take out a few words here and there, add a few others, and presto!
Puistokemisti, you just discoverred the strength of a theocracy. When crime is more than just corpreal punishment but the punishment of damnation, when any slander against the current ruler is like slandering your own god, there is no rebellion. There is no resistence.
On the eight day God looked down to Earth and saw ferrets. God thought: " Funny critters those ferrets, I must have been really stoned yesterday when i made them". After taking a further look he saw all the pot he had left from his all day smoking and thought:"Well, I don't feel like cleaning up. Making a few republicans is so much easier."
Considering the government [in this case we are clearly talking about the U.S. government] is supposedly granted authority by the people, can the people steal something they have only conditionally granted to the government?
Excuse me, timberpup, but democracy means that the authority to govern is bestowed upon the elected, by the people who vote.
You mean...like jumping up and down, screeching about how the President is a secret Muslim Fascist Communist Baby Eater? No, nothing at all like that, eh?
"Thou shalt not steal. By breaking those laws, one steals authority from the government legally instituted to govern us."
Just as it's illegal to look at a moose through the window of a plane in Alaska, amirite?
Smoking pot is legally tolerated in Holland.
Driving your car at full speed on certain roads (most Autobahns) is legal in Germany.
And prostitution is legal in certain parts of Holland & Germany.
It's legal to openly carry guns in certain parts of the US, but do so whilst crossing certain state lines and you'd be arrested & jailed. Guns are completely banned here in the UK.
And practicing any religion other than Wahhabi Islam is illegal in Saudi Arabia. Your point, Timberwolf?
Legal Grey Areas. Learn those three words. They could save your life. Literally, in some cases. Also, remember Romans 13: 1-7, the next time you think about criticising President Obama.
The authorities could malke up any law it wanted and you couldent protest it because that woud be advicating sin. You couldent rebel against it that would be theft of authority writ large.
These people dont think the ramifications of what they say through.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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