27 Nov '21 16:47>2 edits
@kevcvs57 saidThe difference is that we like these rules and not those? Throwing off rules, laws, constraints of any kind for the simple fact alone you want to be without them is still the same thing I talked about earlier. If we want to pick and choose, that is still saying we will have no rules over us unless we want them. I'm not advocating arbitrary rules; earlier in this discussion, I said the point of any rule is a level playing field where all are treated equally without respect to the person.
But these are self imposed civil laws enacted in order for us to be able to coexist in civil society and not do physical harm to ourselves in the real world.
You are advocating ( unless I’m mistaken ) the adherence to a set of arbitrary rules that may or may not be beneficial to us in the real world as a means to obtaining freedom.
Some of these rules may even be harmful ...[text shortened]... ood thing.
However adhering to those rules could not be considered the path to True Freedom Per se.
So are our self-imposed civil laws/rules just, honest, honorable, treating each person as equal? Do you think those who make our laws do an excellent job of that with our civil laws, which they enacted to be able to coexist? The real world is where we all exist; is there a set for the rich and a set for the poor, a set for the powerful, and a set for the powerless if we don't have a level playing field?
I believe in God, the God of the Bible, and He, unlike the gods of the ancient world, didn't play favorites. In His commandments, He said to treat the foreigner with the same set of rules as His people, the normal way of doing things was not the same as the God of the Bible. The normal thought processes of the day were everyone thought the strongest gods overcame the weaker ones, so the victor's gods were the best.
Unlike the gods of the world who favored the powerful, the God of the Bible became a man and not in a way that would have showered Him with great power and authority, but as a baby born in a manger because there was no room for them anywhere else. With the God of the Bible's righteousness, goodness was more important than religious offerings. He stands with the widow and orphans, not the kings and the rich. Personally, God's goodness is the scariest thing about Him because we are not, and knowing Him is more precious than all the wealth in the world.