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Watch the first 1:45 of this video.  Then watch the next, longer video.
Please take the time, you might learn something.

Romans 13 Possible Misinturpretation



Romans 13 and God's Government



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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2012, 04:35:54 PM »
I tend to prefer 1 Peter 2 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+2&version=KJV
The guy in the second video did a fairly good job explaining the main problem with Romans 13, however many people like to use that explanation as a scape goat. Civil authority was given power because many people didn't follow God's laws based on their own convictions and faith.  Also, God can ALLOW rulers in to power as punishment against those not following HIS LAWS. That doesn't mean it only rains on the wicked.

 It doesn't mean he sent them from some mysterious place or placed them in power, but it's just like what Samuel said to the Israelites when the wanted a king. "So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who asked him for a king. And he said, ?This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.?

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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012, 01:44:26 AM »
...And you will be his servants. And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.?
This sentence clearly implies choice.  A 'bad king' is not something God has levied upon us, it is the result of something that we have let happen.  I believe this passage does not instruct us to obey the bad king, it just let's us know what to expect (we will reap what we sow) and that we may have to get from under tyranny without God's direct help. 

As the man in the 2nd video stated, there is no gray area.  How can becoming a servant of evil be of God?
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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012, 12:36:50 PM »
...And you will be his servants. And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.?
This sentence clearly implies choice.  A 'bad king' is not something God has levied upon us, it is the result of something that we have let happen.  I believe this passage does not instruct us to obey the bad king, it just let's us know what to expect (we will reap what we sow) and that we may have to get from under tyranny without God's direct help. You're correct. It's not something God has done. It's what we do and he allows. It's called free will. And since the days of Saul we've been screwing it up on a mass scale. So yes, we reap what we sow.

As the man in the 2nd video stated, there is no gray area.  How can becoming a servant of evil be of God?No, there some gray area and I'll have to address this a little later with scripture, but he's not saying commit evil because your king commands you, but at the same point it doesn't mean rebel against him. There have always been slaves and masters, rich and poor, and until the day Jesus returns it will continue that way. I need to go ahead and kick off the Truth Project because there's a video in there that breaks this down pretty well.
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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 12:50:32 PM »
No, there some gray area and I'll have to address this a little later with scripture, but he's not saying commit evil because your king commands you, but at the same point it doesn't mean rebel against him. There have always been slaves and masters, rich and poor, and until the day Jesus returns it will continue that way. I need to go ahead and kick off the Truth Project because there's a video in there that breaks this down pretty well.
No, there is no gray area, I refuse to accept the mind-fuck that a person can serve a 'bad king' and God at the same time.  This is exactly the kind a b.s. that caused me to leave organized Christianity and never look back.
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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012, 06:14:36 PM »
No, there some gray area and I'll have to address this a little later with scripture, but he's not saying commit evil because your king commands you, but at the same point it doesn't mean rebel against him. There have always been slaves and masters, rich and poor, and until the day Jesus returns it will continue that way. I need to go ahead and kick off the Truth Project because there's a video in there that breaks this down pretty well.
No, there is no gray area, I refuse to accept the mind-fuck that a person can serve a 'bad king' and God at the same time.  This is exactly the kind a b.s. that caused me to leave organized Christianity and never look back.
Alright, well let me explain it to you this way. If 54% of this nation voted for Obama they were exercising their free will. God gave us our free will and allows us to exercise it. If they chose Obama and he creates a negative economy, trillions in debt, and lies to the American people........well they chose it. If they don't like it that's tough. You reap what you sow. Unfortunately for us, we also pay. Does that mean you serve him? No, but it also doesn't mean you have right to rebel against him. How so? God allowed them chose him and God is using him as judgement against them for making a foolish decision. In some cases he's also using him to judge those who didn't vote for him. Do you have the authority to go against God's judgement? How about the knowledge to understand it? No one, including Obama, is saying bow to my feet and serve me at the moment. Hence a gray area. If he comes out tomorrow to address the nation and says "Bow to me for I am God." Than by no means should you. You want a biblical example? Daniel. He served his king in a great position, but never sacrificed his faith. Did he rebel or plot against him? Not once. I can go into specifics if you feel this is to vague, but I'm assuming you know the Bible well enough to know what I'm saying. Additionally, I can understand where you're coming from about leaving organized Christianity. One thing I'll say, and I'll leave it at this, those wandering or lost baby christians aren't going to grow left to their own devices. By no means am I saying to call a preacher out in the middle of his sermon when he says something off or incorrect, nor judge them for their wrong doings, but if you feel passionately enough than you should throw yourself back in to it to help those people mature in their faith. 
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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2012, 07:35:44 AM »
Alright, well let me explain it to you this way. If 54% of this nation voted for Obama they were exercising their free will. God gave us our free will and allows us to exercise it. If they chose Obama and he creates a negative economy, trillions in debt, and lies to the American people........well they chose it. If they don't like it that's tough. You reap what you sow.  Are you saying we have the free will to fall down, but we don't have the free will to stand up?  Unfortunately for us, we also pay. Does that mean you serve him? No, but it also doesn't mean you have right to rebel against him. How so? God allowed them chose him and God is using him as judgement against them for making a foolish decision.  So we don't have to free will to reverse a foolish decision?  In some cases he's also using him to judge those who didn't vote for him. Do you have the authority to go against God's judgement?  By the same reasoning, since we were born naked, and with hands and feet, are you saying that you would be going against God's judgment by putting on clothes or using hand tools or driving / riding in a vehicle. How about the knowledge to understand it? No one, including Obama, is saying bow to my feet and serve me at the moment. Hence a gray area. If he comes out tomorrow to address the nation and says "Bow to me for I am God." Than by no means should you. You want a biblical example? Daniel. He served his king in a great position, but never sacrificed his faith. Did he rebel or plot against him? Not once. I can go into specifics if you feel this is to vague, but I'm assuming you know the Bible well enough to know what I'm saying. I haven't declared that we are mandated to rebel against a 'bad king', only that it is not automatically a sin to do so.  Daniel obtained a somewhat unique status from where he was able to serve God.  Additionally, I can understand where you're coming from about leaving organized Christianity. One thing I'll say, and I'll leave it at this, those wandering or lost baby christians aren't going to grow left to their own devices. By no means am I saying to call a preacher out in the middle of his sermon when he says something off or incorrect, nor judge them for their wrong doings, but if you feel passionately enough than you should throw yourself back in to it to help those people mature in their faith.  Speaking of growing, that is something that Christianity itself has not done much of ever since it was bastardized by the elitists.  You do know that Christianity for the first century or so was a completely different doctrine than what the R.C. priest class shat upon humanity?    Right?   Even the protestant reformation carried over much of the key elements that priests conveniently left out or doctored.  As you may have have guessed it by now I do subscribe to the "G" word.  Gnosticism is kinda like the "Ron Paul" of Christianity.  It will bring you back to the roots, before the corruption, and show you things in a much different light.  I'm not saying that every Gnostic sect has it right, they are corruptible by man just as well, but I do believe they do start from a place much more nearer to Jesus's teaching.
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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2012, 03:56:31 PM »
Yes, we have the free will to stand up, but when you do so you have to question it. Are you doing it because God wants you to, or are you doing it because you want to? I learned this lesson the hard way while I was unemployed. I can break that down in depth for you via a PM if you like.

As far as the foolish decision.......little more difficult to say. Did you or everyone involved learn their lesson? I mean truthfully, sometimes we might go through stuff for something totally unrelated to what sent us down a path in the first place. Good example. While I was unemployed I got back in to my faith, reading, and going back to church (well Bible studies). I've always been against adoption. Don't ask me why, but never liked the idea, but during my time unemployed I met some great people and heard some heart breaking testimony about girls in China and India. Just prior to this my wife and I had suffered to lost pregnancies. The last one was ectopic and she lost her only fallopian tube meaning we couldn't have children without invitrofertilization. It's one of the main reasons I took the job that led to my unemployment. Long story short, we'll be looking to adopt in the next couple years and have made some contacts to help us out. I would've never learned that or changed without that unemployment. Scary thing is my old boss can even quote me as saying just prior that "I would never adopt under any circumstances." Took my stubborn ass awhile to learn the lesson, but I did, as well as a number of other ones. Point being, it's not easy to see or understand God's will. You'd just better make sure you're trying to figure it out.

I don't really get your comment about the hand tools and nakedness. It seems like you need to reread what I'm saying.......maybe I'm wrong. If so elaborate.

Yes Daniel was able to serve God, but do you think he would have been able to serve God if didn't submit to his king in some capacity? Think about it. Daniel was thrown in the lions den at one point for his religion for not fully submitting and God protected him still. In the same way don't you believe God has the power to protect you if your led in to a lions den? Because ultimately that's why many of these people are preaching against Romans 13. They fear some form of tyranny. Additionally, you have to look at Jesus. "Give to Caeser what is Caesers." It doesn't mean he bowed to Caeser, but he still submitted to civil authority. He could've also not died at the hands of Pontius Pilate, but he submitted as an example. Now I doubt few, if any, of us could do something like that, but if God's own son submitted to civil authority than what gives any of us the power to do so? He knew it was difficult and he even said "Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine."

Honestly, you can hate me for saying it, but submission isn't a bad thing. I'd rather have all my guns, food, and preps taken or thrown in the trash than be found outside of God's will. Mainly because I know that if I follow him he'll be faithful to watch over me.

Last thing, many fail to ever look at 1 Peter 2 when discussing Romans 13. 13Submit yourselves for the Lord?s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, 14or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15For it is God?s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. 16Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. 17Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

18Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. 19For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. 20But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

22?He committed no sin,

and no deceit was found in his mouth.?e

23When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 25For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

 If you still have a hard time understanding it I'd sincerely suggest reading over, and over, and over again. Keep in mind. I wrote a lengthy article in depth on MrLnL.com back in the day going completely against Romans 13. I regret that deeply now because my lack of understanding showed.
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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2012, 05:12:53 AM »
Yes, we have the free will to stand up, but when you do so you have to question it. Are you doing it because God wants you to, or are you doing it because you want to?...  Once you have realized you have taken the wrong path, do you continue on that path in order to please God?

...Point being, it's not easy to see or understand God's will. You'd just better make sure you're trying to figure it out...  I agree, keep learning and changing for the better.  Don't get bogged down in some self-imposed, never ending quest for judgment, as if you will please God through your suffering.  Learn from your mistake(s), then move on!

I don't really get your comment about the hand tools and nakedness. It seems like you need to reread what I'm saying.......maybe I'm wrong. If so elaborate.  There were some serious typos I have since corrected.  Please re-read it now, within the context of your preceding sentence(s).

..."Give to Caeser what is Caesers."  I know how orthodox Christianity interprets this, but I along with many others see it as what it is, and not what the orthodox church would have us believe.  For many, this does not mean pay your tax to the ruler, it means simply means what it says.  You must ask yourself, "What is Ceaser's?"  If Jesus had meant "it's God's will for you to pay your taxes", he would have said so.  I believe he made this more cryptic statement to avoid/delay trouble with the Roman authorities.

... but if God's own son submitted to civil authority than what gives any of us the power to do so?  I don't know what gospel's you read, but I saw more than one instance of rebellion.

Last thing, many fail to ever look at 1 Peter 2 when discussing Romans 13...Yes, the early orthodox church and subsequent R.C. empire just love Peter.  Should I point out that there are actually no quotes from Jesus in the books of Peter?
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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2012, 10:01:45 AM »
So were our founding fathers wrong and outside of the will of God for rebelling against England and getting their independence from them?

If they were acting outside of the will of God, The Bible, and what Jesus and other disciples have said, I don't mind it that much, as the freedom that I enjoy today is because they acted outside of the will of God. 

What do you think WW?

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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2012, 12:00:44 AM »
Yes, we have the free will to stand up, but when you do so you have to question it. Are you doing it because God wants you to, or are you doing it because you want to?...  Once you have realized you have taken the wrong path, do you continue on that path in order to please God? Depends. If it's a personal trial than hopefully you'll not rebel and understand what he's trying to show you. That's when you can turn around and make things right. Now if it's something like what are nation's going through, or even something smaller like a relationship, than you need to understand that and help people understand, accept, and fix the problem. Make sense? You can't rebel against something in God's will if you're not doing it the way he wants you to. So start there first.

...Point being, it's not easy to see or understand God's will. You'd just better make sure you're trying to figure it out...  I agree, keep learning and changing for the better.  Don't get bogged down in some self-imposed, never ending quest for judgment, as if you will please God through your suffering.  Learn from your mistake(s), then move on!
   There were some serious typos I have since corrected.  Please re-read it now, within the context of your preceding sentence(s).[/color]Hmm, I get what you're saying and honestly that's complex. If it weren't for the original sin than we wouldn't need cloths or tools. It really comes down to evil. We can discuss the problem of evil too if you like, but that may take awhile.

..."Give to Caeser what is Caesers."  I know how orthodox Christianity interprets this, but I along with many others see it as what it is, and not what the orthodox church would have us believe.  For many, this does not mean pay your tax to the ruler, it means simply means what it says.  You must ask yourself, "What is Ceaser's?"  If Jesus had meant "it's God's will for you to pay your taxes", he would have said so.  I believe he made this more cryptic statement to avoid/delay trouble with the Roman authorities.Aw, see this is a problem. Yes most orthodox Christian would say it was the money. How ever let me give you this to think about. Was the money really Caesers? Or was it Gods? God after all is the creator of everything. Essentially he "allows" us to play with his things. This is something the "Truth Project" goes in depth about too if you plan on doing it. The point here is Jesus wasn't referring to the money as much as he was the respect to authority. Jesus could've defied death if he wanted, but in being submissive to God's will he died. So not only was he really being submissive to God, but also to the civil authority. Now, I'm not calling for any one else to do so because we certainly can't take the weight of the worlds sin on our shoulders, but likewise we should also understand if the submission to civil authority, or masters, or whomever else serves God than we are doing his will. It may not sound pretty, but "submit" isn't a dirty word. Think about the nature of how the world works. God-Son-Holy Ghost, Husband-wife-children, God-pastor-congragation, Boss-worker-customer, etc. I mean don't parents expect their children to do what they ask? Don't bosses expect submission from employees? It's really more of a natural thing than people like to admit. The nature in which we fight submission directly relates to our being born as sinful creatures. Remember what Jesus said? John 8:44 "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."

... but if God's own son submitted to civil authority than what gives any of us the power to do so?  I don't know what gospel's you read, but I saw more than one instance of rebellion.

Last thing, many fail to ever look at 1 Peter 2 when discussing Romans 13...Yes, the early orthodox church and subsequent R.C. empire just love Peter.  Should I point out that there are actually no quotes from Jesus in the books of Peter?No, but Jesus himself chose Peter and also appointed him with "watching his sheep." That he did say.

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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2012, 12:29:32 AM »
So were our founding fathers wrong and outside of the will of God for rebelling against England and getting their independence from them?

If they were acting outside of the will of God, The Bible, and what Jesus and other disciples have said, I don't mind it that much, as the freedom that I enjoy today is because they acted outside of the will of God. 

What do you think WW?
I firmly believe there were different camps within our founding father from the very beginning. We had primary influences from Free Masonry (Occult), Christianity, and Deist. So I don't doubt that some of those men had the greatest of intentions. Others however, not so much. I mean, how many Americans do you think realize today there are symbols of false gods that God directly condemned in the bible on our money? The great seal took two years to finish. It's really hard for me to believe that those men placed those symbols which directly come from pagan religions dating from the time of King Solomon without realizing what they were doing.

Another thing is if the men had the BEST of intentions they would have been much more biblical within our bill of rights and constitution. I mean does the bible tell you that you're free? Well God gave you free will so of course you are.  But when government does it they seem to imply THEY are allowing you freedoms. Are you familiar with King Nimrod? He did something very similar. So yes, you are enjoying "freedoms." Freedoms you already had that got relabeled and someone else took credit for giving them to you. This is one way government psychologically obtains power. But hey like I've said many times before, don't listen to me, research it yourself. I can suggest books to read and people to listen to if it helps, but you only get out of it as much as you put in.

Think of this too. The ones who were thinking inside of God's will. Do you think they'd agree with the course our country's taken. God taken out the schools and government? How about the Deist and Free Masons? I'd say they got what they wanted and took care of God they way they wanted to. This is their nation and if we want it back we'll need a lot more than guns, beans, and tactical nylon. Knowledge. Historical revisionism is a dangerous thing used to control masses. I mean were you ever taught about Robert Owen or his associates? How about what Darwin was before he discovered evolution? Benjamin Franklin? Thomas Jefferson's feelings on God? Like I said, research it.
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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2012, 09:23:40 AM »
I firmly believe there were different camps within our founding father from the very beginning. We had primary influences from Free Masonry (Occult), Christianity, and Deist. So I don't doubt that some of those men had the greatest of intentions. Others however, not so much. I mean, how many Americans do you think realize today there are symbols of false gods that God directly condemned in the bible on our money? The great seal took two years to finish. It's really hard for me to believe that those men placed those symbols which directly come from pagan religions dating from the time of King Solomon without realizing what they were doing.   

Yes, I agree on all points.  Also, a technicality, it is not our money, it is the Federal Reserve's money, but I know that you knew that.

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Another thing is if the men had the BEST of intentions they would have been much more biblical within our bill of rights and constitution. I mean does the bible tell you that you're free? Well God gave you free will so of course you are.  But when government does it they seem to imply THEY are allowing you freedoms. Are you familiar with King Nimrod? He did something very similar. So yes, you are enjoying "freedoms." Freedoms you already had that got relabeled and someone else took credit for giving them to you. This is one way government psychologically obtains power. But hey like I've said many times before, don't listen to me, research it yourself. I can suggest books to read and people to listen to if it helps, but you only get out of it as much as you put in.
 

Yes, I'm familiar with Nimrod.  I think our founding fathers did a fine job with how they started us off with the DOI, I just think that WE THE PEOPLE, have let down ourselves with self-government, and have continued to vote in a bunch of power hungry, corrupt, borderline criminals into office on the National level.   I agree, there should have been more of this type of GOD and CREATOR language in our COTUS and BOR.  I agree with you on that point.  I'd be interested to see your ideas on how they could have been more Biblical in our BoR and COTUS.  Just tell me what you think they should have done differently.  As far as the Declaration of Independence, there was talk of God and Creator.

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When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ? That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, ? That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness....

You see, they say it right there, that Governments do not endow its citizens with rights, but that rights are endowed by their Creator with these rights, and that the government should be instituted only to SECURE these God-given rights.  That might explain why the liberals have tried so hard for that last 100 years to KILL GOD, so that there is no Creator to endow these rights, only government, and then at that point, rights endowed by the government can simply be taken away, which is exactly where I believe we are right now in this country.  I do not believe that adding more Biblical things into our founding documents such as the BOR or COTUS, would have made a bit of difference in the government that we see today, because I believe the government that we live under today, is soft tyranny, and they have usurped and corrupted our founding government, the Republic died in 1865, and we haven't been living under the government that our founding fathers gave us, since that year.  No matter how much Biblical foundation our founding fathers put in there, I believe it would have been just as corrupted, as if not more, than it is today.  That still doesn't mean that I would not have liked to see similar language that was in the DOI, put into the BOR and COTUS.  The bastards would have still hi-jacked our government.  If there is ever a reclamation in this country, yes I wouldn't mind seeing more Biblical foundation in our BOR and COTUS, but I am also REALLY happy with the religion freedoms that we do have in this country without fear of persecution, and I would not change that for anything.  Also, remember, that in the original founding government that had, STATES were Constitutionally able to have a religion, but it was the Federal government that was not allowed to pick a Federal religion, now which would be a National religion so to speak, because of 1865.  Then you would just move to and live in whatever State had the religion that you liked, but that still nobody could be persecuted for their beliefs.  The illegal and militarily ratified 14th amendment is the reason that no State can ever pick a religion, and why the entire Nation must be the same, just as all other laws.  You see, the Radical Republican in office saw State's rights as an abomination, and saw to destroy the "Heresy" as they called it in 1865 and the succeeded, all in the name of continuing to end slavery, but it was really the largest National power grab ever to take place in the history of this country.

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Think of this too. The ones who were thinking inside of God's will. Do you think they'd agree with the course our country's taken. God taken out the schools and government? How about the Deist and Free Masons? I'd say they got what they wanted and took care of God they way they wanted to. This is their nation and if we want it back we'll need a lot more than guns, beans, and tactical nylon. Knowledge. Historical revisionism is a dangerous thing used to control masses. I mean were you ever taught about Robert Owen or his associates? How about what Darwin was before he discovered evolution? Benjamin Franklin? Thomas Jefferson's feelings on God? Like I said, research it.
 

No, I don't think many of our founding fathers would agree with where our nation has gone, maybe Adams would agree, but that's about it.  I agree, historical revisions is unbelievable dangerous, that's why I say go and see exactly what happened with the ratification of the 14th amendment with the States after the civil war was already over.  The revisionism there and what we've been told is astonishing.  I have not researched Robert Owen, but I will now that you mentioned it when I have some time.  Yes, I know about Darwin, and Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson's feelings on God. 

Those are just some things for you to think about as well.  Thank you for answering my post.

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Re: Romans 13:1 ~ Mistranslated by the "ruling class" at the council of Nicea?
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@EJR- Well I'm happy it made sense. I got home from work last night ready to puke everywhere with a fever and chills, but I'd seen the responses and didn't want to let them idle so I kind of rushed through. I totally agree with what you're saying. I've always tended to be realist, and as such it's hard for me to truly stipulate on what terminology may or may not have changed this nation from it's inception. However, I do believe that better clarification of our rights and their intended uses would've been nice. That's really a mute point though now. We're here and they're six feet under. The important thing now is to be able to identify the sources of corruption and bring some factual truth to the arguements at hand. If we can take their "strengths" of secular humanism and post modernism and educate ourselves to turn that against them we'll stand a far better chance of restoring our republic, educating Americans, and falling back under God's hedge of protection. That shouldn't be too hard lol.
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