As it is written we submit to the earthly authorities God has placed above us (Biden/Trump/Supreme Court) however the constitution is true magistrate of our country. However all of this is under the Supreme magistrate.
So we live peacefully in our system with one another unless it is at odds with the King of Kings.
One of the most stunning instances of political tribalism was the 2000 decision by Justices Kennedy, O'Connor, Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas to hand over the Florida electoral vote to George W. Bush, despite compelling evidence that Gore was the legitimate winner. That criminally partisan act put a bumbling fool in the White House for two terms and contributed to two disastrous wars, billions in waste and theft for "defense" and "homeland security," vast environmental destruction, and the present climate crisis, among other ills.
Was that the design of a just and compassionate god?
That ruling hurt some of us, but I don't agree that there was "compelling evidence" that Gore was the winner. Part of what makes the SC look "tribal" is that everything is a "yay-nay" vote: every ruling is expressed in polar positions, and many rulings show a pattern of voting blocks among the justices.
He who is perfectly just and the most long suffering permitted it
You wrote that "government is the enemy." I don't see how you get from these religious statements to "government is the enemy." Our government, after all, is the collective will of the people through a representative democracy. Explain again how "government is the enemy"?
Our current government leaders in general are the enemy because the don’t follow the constitution and are actively legislating against God’s law
But, in the other circumstance above, you said that God, the "perfectly just," permitted it. In other words, every thing that is, exists only through God's permission. So, God permits this government, and all governments, to be and to make action (law). You seem like you are unevenly applying your religious logic here. Can you clarify, please?
Or is your point that all non-theocracies are "enemies of God"?
He didn’t stop the Israelites from making the golden calf (on more than one occasion) but He held them responsible. It’s like consequence based parenting
This is a lovely example of what philosophers call theodicy: the assertion of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil, suffering, malice, etc. Rather like trying to bail the Titanic with a teaspoon.
The old testament? It is certainly old. Also rather confused, morally speaking.
The lord's day? Your belief, not mine.
The earth rolls, the sun shines, streams flow, the winds blow: my gods are always at work.
kazoolaw (October 10th, 2021)
So appears theological/philosophical/religious tribalism.
dneal (October 10th, 2021)
Another form of political tribalism: the efforts through the manipulation of district boundaries to gain voting advantage.
The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio redistricting: Justices reject legislative maps, primary in doubt.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/...ly/6973505001/
Where there is inequality there is instability. Who said it?
Aristotle?
More recently Galbraith and Piketty.
Chuck Naill (March 18th, 2022)
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