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Finally admitted it?! I've never denied it! Yes, that's why the men who created America, wisely created a system where there are three...

That's all they can do. Their theory of origins is ultimately a timeline of emergent properties that appeals to imagined pre-existing...

It is above the king. The law is above the king. Those who enforce the law, enforce it against those who are under it. It is the only...

I barely had time to even read all of that. Bob's proposed constitution is a human institution. As proposed, it is installing a king...

No doubt!

I think that this type of thing is all too common nowadays.

(y) Two things here. First, your premise seems to be more than just that authority flows downward from God. Your premise is that it is...

Assuming your story is true, you have an idiot pastor and he has an idiot student. The blind leading the blind. As for your pastor, he...

It's so true that we all think that our own opinions are very important. But... unless you can support them... they don't mean anything...

It isn't the mere use of personal pronouns that is the problem! Of course you knew that when you wrote this silly comment. Where do...

I answered your question the best way I know how. This is not a yes or no question either. It depends on how the system is structured...

Asked and answered.

They should be. The king is not under the law in the proposed constitution, except in theory and only barely that, it seems. The...

Once again, this would only be so if the judges wrote the law or could remove the king by fiat. If all they are doing is performing a...

Ultimately, as is the case for all rightful authority, it originates with God. From there, however, authority is distributed by law...