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In reply to the discussion: When you disrespect your own government and show such little reagard for your President, [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)16. AMEN! disrespecting authority and sassing back our leaders is an open invitation for more terrorist
attacks and people over there in all those foreign countries will look down on us.
13. All of you must be willing to obey completely those who rule over you. There are no authorities except the ones God has chosen. Those who now rule have been chosen by God. 2 So when you oppose the authorities, you are opposing those whom God has appointed. Those who do that will be judged.
3 If you do what is right, you wont need to be afraid of your rulers. But watch out if you do what is wrong! You dont want to be afraid of those in authority, do you? Then do what is right. The one in authority will praise you. 4 He serves God and will do you good. But if you do wrong, watch out! The ruler doesnt carry a sword for no reason at all. He serves God. And God is carrying out his anger through him. The ruler punishes anyone who does wrong.
5 You must obey the authorities. Then you will not be punished. You must also obey them because you know it is right.
6 Thats also why you pay taxes. The authorities serve God. Ruling takes up all their time. 7 Give to everyone what you owe. Do you owe taxes? Then pay them. Do you owe anything else to the government? Then pay it. Do you owe respect? Then give it. Do you owe honor? Then show it.
Romans 13: 1-7
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When you disrespect your own government and show such little reagard for your President, [View all]
kelliekat44
Jun 2013
OP
If Bush behaved as Obama is behaving then, yes. The question is not about the
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#17
if Snowden didn't reveal anything that wasn't already published and known Then he didn't do anything
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#26
That response is beyond ignorant. Theft is theft. Violating an oath is violating an oath. What
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#36
until Snowden no one outside of the fringes of politics were even talkinga about the vast over reach
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#38
Interesting that we are required to find Democrats to be always as bad a Republicans
treestar
Jun 2013
#3
When our government shows so little regard for us and the Constitution, it deserves disrespect. n/t
winter is coming
Jun 2013
#8
AMEN! disrespecting authority and sassing back our leaders is an open invitation for more terrorist
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#16
I respect you for not coming right out and calling people terrorist sympathizers
magellan
Jun 2013
#24
The sources of the disregard are against my council and will. They violate our core law,
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#28