2026-10-19 02:34 UTC
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@WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online 2026-10-19 02:50
@jasper89@mastodon.social @mattsheffield@mastodon.social That’s a neat little trick you just pulled there. Everyone sees it, right? How the first example referenced that religion’s deity alone, while the second referenced the other religion’s deity THROUGH that religion’s law? When the issue is about governance of a secular body, that is, pertaining to laws, thereby setting up a clash between the Muslim and the law but not the Christian and the law?
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@nep@mstdn.ca 2026-10-19 04:37
@jasper89@mastodon.social @mattsheffield@mastodon.social the New Testament says that one should respect and follow the authority of secular government. Yes one should also live ethically as well, and if the law is unethical, that should be considered, but I think that’s a particularly specific case, similar to a soldier disobeying an unlawful command.