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Old 03-07-2008, 03:33 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by garysher View Post
If the Constitution supported laws about gun ownership, which are clearly un-Christian, should Christians dismiss these as "rendering unto Caesar".

I think not.

Jesus was talking specifically about taxation in your quote, why do you assume his words should reinforce the American principle of separating church and state? How convenient!!!

Christians should not automatically be prepared to surrender their principles to the whims of man-made laws.
The Constitution does support laws about gun ownership, it is called the Second Amendment!! What does owning a gun have anything to do with religion. Guns are used every day to hunt, and to save lives. There is no surrendering of principle. While Jesus did tell us to turn the other cheek, he also set forth the right for the state to defend us when someone treats us unjustly. Why should belief in God take those protections away??????

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Conservatism, I repeat is not an ideology. It does not breed fanatics....But if you want men who seek, reasonably and prudently, to reconcile the best in wisdom of our ancestors with the change which is essential to a vigorous civil social existence, then you will do well to turn to conservative principles
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