Saturday, January 24, 2009
two things you do not talk about.
Government and religion are supposed to be the two things you do not talk about, but I have often wondered as both democrates and republicans argue about which party God supports, what would God want for our Govt. In the old testament God set up his Government with himself as the suprememe ruller, one religion, and utter dependence on his leadership. There were also men who heard directly from God and you had to trust to some extent that what that man heard was true. That government at least in that form no longer exist, but I would be interested in opening up the topic to see what everyone else thinks before I put in many of my own thoughts. In light of the messiah, and the laws of God, what would God's govt look like?
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I am not sure what "God's" government would be like and I will not claim to have much knowledge on the word of GOD but with what I have read and what I have been told I have reached this conclusion on what in my mind God's government would look like.
ReplyDeletePerhaps God's government would give more control to the people. Perhaps it would be a government that did more watching and listening than talking and controlling. I believe that in God's government there would be less hand outs, no welfare and no government bail outs. Not because the government would be cruel but because it would already know that a person can't learn from a mistake if it is just fixed for them. I believe that God's government would tell us to suck it up more because it would know that in order to get out of the life you have made for yourself you must work harder and be willing to change, to sacrifice, and to admit wrong doing.
I believe there would be less laws but stronger consequences to them.
that our goal as a nation would shift from being that of a nation in power to that of a nation of compassion.
but than again I know little of "Christ" and of what he would want for this nation.
I guess my first thoughts would be about laws. After all I think government is primarily there to uphold order and protect rights by enforcing laws. It seems to me that laws in God's eyes are to keep us from hurting ourselves, others, or to keep us from forcing someone else to break the law. Also (and this will be controversial)to keep us from taking someone elses free will. So with that in mind I thik that laws should be based on what truely does and does not hurt others or take way their rights. I wont go into specifics because it would take to long, but I also think that laws should be somewhat flexible so that they are carried out in the intrest of justice and not by the letter. This creates a problem however because then they become dependant on people who are corruptible and ignorant. One judge may just as well bend the law to serve justice and another may pervert it to suite himself. This leads me to my first real question when dealing with this topic. Can any system of government work when humans are in charge of it? So I guess you would have to have God as the ultimate authority, otherwise corruption would undo you system, and corruption tends to be systemic. I will deal with issue in my next post.
ReplyDeleteMy understanding of how God intended government to be. Would be city-states in one accord. I don't believe there's a need for a king, because our king should be God. I think if you look at the system of judges before the king, when it was operating according to God's law...justice is quick because there's not a huge buracracy, and it's also tailored to the situation.
ReplyDeleteMy question then becomes, why do we need 'laws?' If we have the Torah (along with all of the rest of scripture for understanding as well as the Holy Spirit in us) and our judges enforce that, do we need laws or precepts? Suppose a man falls off of a ladder that had no warning on that top step, do we need a law telling him not to stand up there? Or a law for the manufacturer to put a label on it?
That is the beauty of local justice. The judge himself can hear both sides and quickly determine the man is an adult and could have used his own wisdom to avoid the injury. No law is needed, simply a precept. The precept can be molded to the situation without the necessity of binding everyone, everywhere to a strict understanding meanwhile it allows things like God's law to remain as strict or as loose as God gave it.
I think it would be a government of very few laws and a few statutes/precepts. I think libbie is right (welcome by that way), it would be few laws but stronger consequences.
I think that is what I meant by fluid. Cause I also agree. Now the real question comes when you have a corrupt judge, or on that has a vendetta against you. could not someone like this pervert justice with such flexible laws. You could say then that you take it to the next highest authority, but what if they are corrupt as well. It is this systemic nature of corruption that seems to undo even the most perfectly laid out govt. The only reason we creat more laws than what are needed is so corruption can't seep into the picture, but then as you aptly pointed out the govt becomes lethargic and full of red tape. How do achieve percfect justice when it is always n the hands of an imperfect man.
ReplyDeletePut it back in the hands of a perfect man. =)
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