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Did Rosa Parks sin by refusing to go to the back of the bus?

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  • Paprika
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    Originally posted by Littlejoe View Post
    Matthew 17:24
    [ The Temple Tax ] When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?”
    Was a synagogue the Temple? Or is this another metaphor?

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  • Littlejoe
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    Originally posted by Paprika View Post
    I had no idea that synagogue authorities collected taxes. Or is this another metaphor?
    Matthew 17:24
    [ The Temple Tax ] When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?”

    NKJV Says: "..Does your Teacher not pay the Temple Tax?"
    Last edited by Littlejoe; 12-29-2014, 08:37 AM.

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  • Paprika
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    Originally posted by Soyeong View Post
    Romans 13 is talking about obeying the synagogue authorities, not the civil authorities. Paul is still talking about how we should behave within a community and doesn't change subjects.
    I had no idea that synagogue authorities collected taxes. Or is this another metaphor?

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  • firstfloor
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    Originally posted by Soyeong View Post
    Romans 13 is talking about obeying the synagogue authorities, not the civil authorities. Paul is still talking about how we should behave within a community and doesn't change subjects.
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  • Pentecost
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    Does anyone know what MLK Jr. said about it? I am much too you to have personal experience with the matter, but I am given to understand Luther was a Reverend who supported civil disobedience? Was he ever confronted by detractors with Scripture? How did he support his position with Scripture? I assume that the easiest way (if perhaps not the most effective) to determine if it is a sin or not is to look at someone with both the motive and opportunity to comment on the subject at hand and then determine if his arguments are flawed or not. Equally you could look toward a segregationist preacher, but I assume that there are more records of MLK than others.

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  • Darth Executor
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    Originally posted by seanD View Post
    I said if you believe his words were inerrant. I personally don't believe Paul, who was human, was perfect, as illustrated by the absurdity of the command (though I believe it served a specific purpose at the time he wrote it, which is why it was so absurdly impractical).
    It wasn't absurd in the context in which it was made. As I said in another thread though, I don't think it should be taken as an endorsement of every single government that ever existed, and I don't think Paul intended it that way.

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  • seanD
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    Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
    I'm not asking whether Rosa Parks is burning in hell for her defiance though. After all we all sin and are forgiven. I take it you agree it's a sin from your posts, but you're not comfortable just saying it outright. I was hoping to get some perspectives from people who don't think it was a sin.
    I said if you believe his words were inerrant. I personally don't believe Paul, who was human, was perfect, as illustrated by the absurdity of the command (though I believe it served a specific purpose at the time he wrote it, which is why it was so absurdly impractical).

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  • Darth Executor
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    Originally posted by seanD View Post
    If you argue that Paul's words were inerrant then it's indeed sin. But it's sin we obviously have no power over as history clearly shows, much like love thy enemies. This is why Christ died and why we need mercy and grace.
    I'm not asking whether Rosa Parks is burning in hell for her defiance though. After all we all sin and are forgiven. I take it you agree it's a sin from your posts, but you're not comfortable just saying it outright. I was hoping to get some perspectives from people who don't think it was a sin.

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  • seanD
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    Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
    The "ship has sailed" on a lot of sins. We still happily murder, for example. That doesn't really answer the question of whether murder is a sin or not.
    If you argue that Paul's words were inerrant then it's indeed sin. But it's a command we obviously don't follow (perhaps because we're powerless against it) as history clearly shows, much like love thy enemies. This is why Christ died and why we need mercy and grace.
    Last edited by seanD; 12-28-2014, 11:57 PM.

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  • Darth Executor
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    Originally posted by Soyeong View Post
    Bearing the sword is a metaphor for saying that the synagogue had the authority to administer discipline of their members.
    There is nothing in "bearing the sword" that suggests it's the synagogue's authority. Also, again, in Rome? The synagogue is not "rulers" or "governing authorities" anyway. Calling the synagogue "God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer" when they were persecuting Christians for following Christ is completely nonsensical. The common interpretation that it was referring to the Roman Empire makes the most sense as Rome more closely matches the duties outlined therein and they weren't actively persecuting Christians at the time. It's also a letter directed at people who liv e in Rome.

    This was the case when Paul was sent out to persecute those who were members of the synagogue who were followers of the Way.
    Legally, in Rome?

    Paul also used his Roman citizenship to get out of being whipped, but he submitted to the Jewish authority:

    2 Corinthians 11:24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.
    It says he was whipped but it doesn't say he submitted or that it was legal or just. It doesn't even say it was synagogue authorities who whipped him. It's not like the Jews mobs abstained from breaking Roman law all that much.
    Last edited by Darth Executor; 12-28-2014, 11:55 PM.

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  • Soyeong
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    Bearing the sword is a metaphor for saying that the synagogue had the authority to administer discipline of their members. This was the case when Paul was sent out to persecute those who were members of the synagogue who were followers of the Way. Paul also used his Roman citizenship to get out of being whipped, but he submitted to the Jewish authority:

    2 Corinthians 11:24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.
    Last edited by Soyeong; 12-28-2014, 11:16 PM.

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  • Darth Executor
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    Originally posted by Soyeong View Post
    Romans 13 is talking about obeying the synagogue authorities, not the civil authorities.
    Which synagogue authorities in Rome had the authority to bear the sword against wrongdoers? They didn't even have that authority in their own country.

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  • Soyeong
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    Romans 13 is talking about obeying the synagogue authorities, not the civil authorities. Paul is still talking about how we should behave within a community and doesn't change subjects.

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  • Darth Executor
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    Originally posted by seanD View Post
    The instances of noncompliance to Romans 13 by Christians throughout history has been overkill. That's why it's pretty absurd to even use it now in any kind of argument because that ship has long sailed (which might even be good indication how absurd Paul was when he stated it).
    The "ship has sailed" on a lot of sins. We still happily murder, for example. That doesn't really answer the question of whether murder is a sin or not.

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  • seanD
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    The instances of noncompliance to Romans 13 by Christians throughout history has been overkill. That's why it's pretty absurd to even use it now in any kind of argument because that ship has long sailed (which might even be good indication how absurd Paul was when he stated it).

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