• So far today, neither one of my academic, Blogger websites is allowing me to post photos. There is a malfunction.
• I have had many problems editing this work today on Blogger.
• Thank you to Mr. Charles Nelson Chuckles for posting this video on our Facebook chat group, 'Against Forced Isms'.
• The video is from Mr. Hansen from Norway. I subscribed for interest sake.
• SHTF= survivalist scenario
• I can agree with the video, in my own words, that there are rule followers that believe that people with different options should be silenced.
• Some of these rule followers believe that those in society that disagree with political correctness and the social and scientific ideas expressed as examples, should not have freedom of speech and freedom of expression to present disagreement.
• In other words, those who will not follow political correctness are considered dangerous to society by such people.
• In agreement with Mr. Hansen, I can deduce that some of these rule followers dislike a complicated life.
• Many of these types of rules followers are not philosophical, thinking types.
• Or, in my humble opinion, if he/she are philosophical, thinking types, his/her worldview is fatally flawed by reasoning errors.
• So many people prefer obedience to political correctness over philosophical tensions and differing views on social, scientific, religious and worldview, ideas.
• Mr. Hansen uses the example of Nazi Germany within Norway during World War II era.
• A fascist system and government in Nazi Germany and Norway which it invaded, was yes dependent on those Norwegian authorities following rules and regulations, within law and order.
• But, these rules and laws were fueled by philosophical politicians, and those in the military within the Nazi regime.
• Nazism produced the genocide of the Jewish people and required the assistance of the police and rule followers.
• Law and order per say is not flawed, but law and order within totalitarian states certainly is especially flawed at many points.
• Peace is not the same under democracy at it is under a totalitarian system.
• Peace in democracy depends significantly on the maintenance of law and order.
• Peace in a totalitarian context depends significantly on the maintenance of law and order and the specific limiting of liberties to maintain the totalitarian state.
• Concerning Romans 13, F.F. Bruce writes that human government is a divine ordinance and has the powers of coercion and commendation which it has been given by God.
• By Christians obeying the state, they are serving God. Bruce (1987: 221).
• Bruce reasons that the Apostle Paul, in Romans, does not deal with the issue of unrighteous government here, but as with Acts 5: 29,
• Christians must obey God and Christ and should not obey the state when the state claims divine honours. Bruce (1987: 221).
• In other words, the state is not the equivalent of God.
• Cranfield explains that in Romans 13, Paul is not asking for an uncritical obedience to the state, but rather that God has placed the state in authority over persons. Cranfield (1992: 321).
• Mounce writes that in Romans 13, there is a divinely sanctioned role of government and that Christians are responsible to that government.
• It did not make any difference that the governing authorities were secular. God is the sole source of authority and established the authority for the state.
• Concerning 1 Peter 2 13-15, biblical scholar, Barclay reasons that the concept of anarchy by the Christian is far from New Testament thought.
• Barclay reasons what belongs to Caesar (the state) should be given to it, and what belongs to God should be given to God (Matthew 22: 21). Barclay (1976: 205).
• I reason that non-Christians, within western democracy can basically agree with the concept of the state maintaining law and order, without embracing biblical Christianity.
• Seems to me, in a western democracy, within law and order, there are many philosophical worldviews permitted.
• Views within that law and order, are required to be held respectfully (at least non-offensively, if not obviously respectfully), while all citizens, residents and non-residents, respect the legal rights of others where philosophy, ideas and premises, disagree.
• Within law and order, those that hold to biblical Christianity should therefore not be culturally bullied to comply with philosophies, ideas and premises that disagree with his/her worldview.
• Nor should a biblical Christian by intellectual bullying, attempt to force or coerce others that are non-biblical Christians to hold to philosophies, ideas and premises that he/she disagree with within a worldview.
• In other words, culturally within western society, legally held views and opinions should not face bullying and cultural attempts to place them out of existence, because these are understood as negative by opponents.
• The societal priority should rightly be maintaining law and order within democracy, not maintaining political correctness within democracy.
• At the same time, attempts at forcing or coercing some other secular or religious worldview and/or political/religious agenda on the unwilling, is not democratic.
• Western governments and jurisdictions will in general, have reasonable slander and libel laws to protect citizens.
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BRUCE, F.F. (1987) Romans, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
CRANFIELD, C.E.B. (1992) Romans: A Shorter Commentary, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
MOUNCE, ROBERT H. (1995) The New American Commentary: Romans, Nashville, Broadman & Holman Publishers.
MOUNCE, ROBERT H. (1990) The Book of Revelation, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
BARCLAY, WILLIAM (1976) The Letters of James and Peter, Philadelphia, The Westminster Press.
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CRANFIELD, C.E.B. (1992) Romans: A Shorter Commentary, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
MOUNCE, ROBERT H. (1995) The New American Commentary: Romans, Nashville, Broadman & Holman Publishers.
MOUNCE, ROBERT H. (1990) The Book of Revelation, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
