Rick Warren claims that, according to the bible, the legitimate role of government is punishing evil-doers. Presumably this interpretation of scripture comes from Romans 13. However, for the first 3 chapters of Romans Paul lays out a logical and thorough case that ALL are evil-doers, proclaiming that "None is righteous, no, not one" and "no one does good". It appears then, that either God is openly advocating that the governments of the World punish ALL men, or that maybe Rick Warren's interpretation of the legitimate role of government is maybe a little bit off. Which, for most people is not a big deal, but for an incredibly powerful
Imagine the hysteria that would come from Hannity were a Muslim cleric to call for Bush's assassination...
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Thanks Scott, this is scary stuff...
No disrespect to Paul, but some of us are just a little righteous.
Godwhacker
I'd say the legitimate role(s) of government is to carry out justice against illegal actions, not to punish people for "evil". The definition of evil is quite subjective. The law, not so much.
This is a video of a discussion of madmen.
We shouldn't take any moral compass from the bible, it's a nasty little book; or any religious text for that matter.
Bronze Age rules have no place in the present.
And I've clarified over at mine, reagarding the evils of IWF.
Looks like you were prophetic with this post Scott. Warren's comments on Iran are far more troublesome to me than his position on gay rights.
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