> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of The Fool
... > people have the moral sense to hold their own wills as slight things > compared to those of God and His minister, the state � with the partial > exception of judges. I'm starting to wonder if a history of the Reformation should be required reading for all Christians. Do people who talk like this not know what happened when the state and church were essentially one? Or do they think that in the last 500 years, people have become immune to the temptations of power? The folks who talk about Christian roots of democracy arose need to keep in mind one of the main reasons that such ideas arose: the corruption that resulted from concentration of power in the church-state! And if they know the history, perhaps they need to stop imagining that it would be different next time. There's a very important theological error at work in that thinking, in any event. Believing that God chooses who is in authority does not reveal God's purpose in doing so. Anybody who has much familiarity with the major stories of the Bible should realize that there is such a thing as a bad leader. You don't have to dislike religion to find these comments scary. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
