jdel77
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Not quite, but you're on the right track:
"And when governments seek to force Christians to betray their understanding of the lordship issue—namely that Jesus is Lord and Caesar is not—the Christian must say with the apostles (and martyrs throughout history) that we must obey God rather than men ( Acts 5:29 ).
So yeah, in a general sense, if a government mandates against God's laws, Christians will despise it. Doesn't mean they'll necessarily vote it out 'though; it's a matter of "pic your poison", as it is for all of us.
There's obviously been a creeping relaxation of what Christians and the public at-large expect relative to the original, "ultra-strict" directives, but the principle still plays itself out and can be seen today.
Good points mate.
It's interesting though to see the fundamentalists here pick and choose when to obey God and their chosen political side though, and when not to.
Lots of changing the goal posts in the middle of the game.
But religion and government have always worked hand in hand, and not just in Christian societies either.
Things would be better for everybody I think, if it was illegal to go out converting people to Faith XYZ, and keep education and employment way the heck out of the sphere of religion, and vice versa.