Among the Most Lethal of Spiritual Errors
Is the supposed Christian principle that Christians are not exempted from the duty of obeying authority even when the authority is glaringly bad or evil.
The driving force behind this festering lump of spiritual nonsense is the supposedly noble belief that all authority comes from God. Yes, all authority, even the evil kind.
Since all authority emanates from God, a good Christian should not overly concern himself about humbly submitting to evil authority because, you know, God’s in control, and there must be some mysterious reason why He chose to put evil in charge.
Reasons justifying submission to evil authority include submitting to the office or law rather than the evil individuals occupying the office or enforcing the law, trusting in God (because at the end of the day, there must be some good yet mysterious reason why God allowed evil to become authority), and plain old being humble and showing humility because who are we to question the authorities that God has permitted into power.
This sort of absolute inanity can only arise from the utterly muddled assumptions that Christians regard as necessary and core.
Chief among these is the misguided conviction that everything, even the worst of evils, ultimately serves God’s divine purposes and providence.
Why? Because God is omni-everything.
I think that all Christians, myself included, are slaves; that is, we live in an anti-God and anti-Creation totalitarian world in which we all must submit to evil authority to some degree to survive physically.
Now, we can merrily obey the evil authority while thinking everything is as it should be because it’s all part of God’s plan -- or we can recognize this de facto situation and repent our involvement with it.
The path Christians take depends heavily on the assumptions they hold, particularly when it comes to matters like the origin, quality, and purpose of freedom.
As far as I can tell, most Christians do not understand or believe in freedom as a spiritual principle.
If they did, they would not work so hard to discover ways to unburden themselves of it, which is yet another lethal spiritual error.
The driving force behind this festering lump of spiritual nonsense is the supposedly noble belief that all authority comes from God. Yes, all authority, even the evil kind.
Since all authority emanates from God, a good Christian should not overly concern himself about humbly submitting to evil authority because, you know, God’s in control, and there must be some mysterious reason why He chose to put evil in charge.
Reasons justifying submission to evil authority include submitting to the office or law rather than the evil individuals occupying the office or enforcing the law, trusting in God (because at the end of the day, there must be some good yet mysterious reason why God allowed evil to become authority), and plain old being humble and showing humility because who are we to question the authorities that God has permitted into power.
This sort of absolute inanity can only arise from the utterly muddled assumptions that Christians regard as necessary and core.
Chief among these is the misguided conviction that everything, even the worst of evils, ultimately serves God’s divine purposes and providence.
Why? Because God is omni-everything.
I think that all Christians, myself included, are slaves; that is, we live in an anti-God and anti-Creation totalitarian world in which we all must submit to evil authority to some degree to survive physically.
Now, we can merrily obey the evil authority while thinking everything is as it should be because it’s all part of God’s plan -- or we can recognize this de facto situation and repent our involvement with it.
The path Christians take depends heavily on the assumptions they hold, particularly when it comes to matters like the origin, quality, and purpose of freedom.
As far as I can tell, most Christians do not understand or believe in freedom as a spiritual principle.
If they did, they would not work so hard to discover ways to unburden themselves of it, which is yet another lethal spiritual error.
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