Global Secular Government

I think that a global secular government would be a mistake.  “We know that power tends to corrupt, so a government that disperses power is better than one that gathers power into the hands of a few.”  As much as everyone talks about how good a global government would be, it is practically impossible.  There is a no way that everyone will agree on the type of government that it should be and there is always the chance for creating a dictatorship.  It is bad enough when there is a dictator of a country.  Now apply that to a global government.  That one man, or select few, would rule the world.  Even the best and strongest governments struggle to care for and protect a small portion of the world?  No one but God could do that.  And I highly doubt that all the people of the world would consent to being ruled by God.  As I mentioned before, you are very right in worrying about a global government becoming tyrannical.  That is exactly what would happen.  As soon as one person reached power there is no way to take him down other than rebelling.  In other words, a different country cannot send troops to help the poor citizens living under the dictator.  That man would control everything.  If there were to be a single secular government there would be nothing protecting your individual rights.  The state would determine your rights and could change them to oppress certain people and liberate others.

Abortion #3

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         I believe Christians should have a position on politics and that we must stand up for what is right.  We must let our voices be heard and this is what will impact the outcome in the voting booth.  We should express that abortion should not be funded by our government.  Although, Christians believe that all authority is ordained by God.  “As long as government is serving the purpose for which God created it, we must show our allegiance to God by submitting to human government.”  This means that if we rebel against the government then we are also, rebelling against God since He is the one who established authority.  According to Christianity, the purpose of government is to promote justice for it citizens-“protecting the innocent from the aggressor and the lawless.”  If, however, the earthly authority tells us to do something that goes against God then we must forgo the way of the world and realize that God’s law out weighs any law we could ever make. A great example is how some will try to justify abortion and feel since it is legalize that it is a right, but as Christians we know it is wrong. Some people believe that Christians should not be involved in politics because it is so full of deceit and sin.  However, God calls us to be a light in the darkness.  This means that if God has given you the gift of working well in politics otherwise how can we expect the law to grow closer to what pleases God?

Law #4

Equality and justice are definitely brought to the forefront in our society today. One might view them as having similar meaning but yet they have a different meaning. Equality works to create a sense of "equalness" in quality, rank, or degree, while justice focuses more on the judgment of people, and the administration of punishment or reward.   The CLS (Critical Legal Studies) is a movement that publishes critiques of more traditional systems of law.  CLS is focused on promoting progressive political change.  CLS extends the Postmodern insight of social construction to law.  The lawyers primarily focus on women and minorities.  The goal is to bring quality and fairness to those in a oppressed situation.  One example would be the movement for homosexual rights and trying to break down the law to receive the same recognition and benefits of a heterosexual marriage. Critical Legal Studies lawyers believe that they bring equality to the world by breaking down the hierarchy of law, but equality may not always be right in every situation. In regards to homosexual marriage, we as Christians know that God does not want His people to participate in these actions, but Critical Legal Studies lawyers look at these issues, and see that homosexuals, for instance, are feeling "oppressed" and seek to change this by bringing equality to marriage.

God as instructed and taught us to do what is right and just.  In Deuteronomy it says we are to fear the Lord, to love the Lord with all our heart and soul and follow his commands.  We are to love the one’s in need although they may be different and have different views we are all equal in God’s eyes.  Although we must help all those in need we must also help ourselves by growing in God’s Word and not the worldly things that tempt us from doing what is right.  God provides every provision we could ever need when it comes to living in accordance with his will.

Law #3

There is a big difference between the laws taken from biblical principles and laws taken from the Qur’an.  According to Shari’ah law, all laws that Muslims are instructed to follow both in public and private life can be found in the Quar’an and the Hadith.  The problem is that the Qur’an does not talk about all or even most of the issues that arise in life.  Due to this fact and the fact that this is supposedly the only source of true law, Islamic law has many holes and questions left unanswered.  Also, in the Qur’an many of the “laws” apply to specific situation and therefore cannot be applied to every situation the exact same.  On top of that the Qur’an many laws overrule others and therefore leave the issue of which law is truer than the other, or which law applies the most.  This Islamic idea of law is different than biblical principles for many reasons.  First, the Bible does not contradict itself.  What God declares as the truth is the truth and the laws that he ordains go together with one another.  Secondly, while the Bible does not state every single law that humanity is commanded to follow, all the answers can be found in the Bible.  Not all laws are written as simple statements but may appear as parables or situations that arise.  A good example of this is when we are commanded to obey those in authority over us.  The catch is though, that while we are commanded to obey authority, it is only true if the authority is commanding us to do something that goes in accordance with the Word of God.  Therefore, biblical principles are the true law of mankind and therefore we are to follow all laws that are in accordance with God’s laws.  God is the creator of the law and everyone is accountable to God.  God gives us the law through natural and divine law.  The law does not change because the law is in accordance with God’s nature which is unevolving.  The Bible gives examples of how the law should be carried out such as judges deciding punishments and resolving arguments. In simple terms, God provides every provision we could ever need, when it comes to living in accordance with his will.