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Where did you get the idea that it doesn't give authorities the power to use force? How is law enforcement etc supposed to work if there is no possibility of us
by pkphilip 5y ago
Where did you get the idea that it doesn't give authorities the power to use force? How is law enforcement etc supposed to work if there is no possibility of using any sort of force?
From Romans 13
1. Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
2. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
3. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you.
4. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
5. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience.
6. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing.
7. Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
- NoGravitas 5y agoNote: those were the words of that revisionist bastard Paul. The closest Jesus ever came to saying anything like that was "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's", and even there, there's a significant range of interpretation.