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Old 08-04-2008, 06:25 AM   #78
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Originally Posted by Paul Miletus View Post
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If I am located in a country that prohibits you to exercise your Christian faith publicly, I will absolutely be submissive. However, this does not mean that I will no longer exercise my Christian faith in private or personally. As soon as I exercise my Christian faith, then I am not obeying the governing authority of that country. By this, my attitude was absolutely submissive to the governing authority and my conduct was relative "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God."

Paul,

If you are disobedient in any way then at that point you are not being submissive. So the whole premise of your argument is absurd.

I suggest you find another teaching on authority and submission and just admit to yourself that in this case WN wasn't making any sense.
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