tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35914485.post4570870248386039741..comments2010-01-19T14:32:48.614-06:00Comments on Kitchen of Half-Baked Thoughts: Tim Archerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981968151207582168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35914485.post-58825284545009317972007-08-14T15:26:00.000-05:002007-08-14T15:26:00.000-05:00If God put Hitler in power, who had the right to t...If God put Hitler in power, who had the right to take him out? And, according to Paul, anyone who did right had nothing to fear from him. So why would we oppose him? He was only punishing wrongdoers... unless this passage doesn't apply to all people, all times.<BR/><BR/>The Roman emperors at the time of Paul were vicious, cruel, immoral, ungodly men, so that's not an excuse for opposing such leaders today. If this passage is universal and eternal, good people have nothing to fear from any government.<BR/><BR/>---Tim<BR/><BR/>P.S.--You do know you're posting on my "alternate blog," right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35914485.post-58042703811671384182007-08-14T10:11:00.000-05:002007-08-14T10:11:00.000-05:00Of Course I Have To Disagree-God put Pharaoh in po...Of Course I Have To Disagree-<BR/><BR/>God put Pharaoh in power to do His very will.....<BR/><BR/>I think God put Hitler in power too. We had the chance to stop him before a single minute of the holocaust began but we didn't.<BR/><BR/>AND, WWI & WWII were responsible for the spread of the Gospel world wide in our life times like no other event before in our "American" history.<BR/><BR/>BUT I DO AGREE THAT THE PRINCIPLE IS TO RESPECT AUTHORITY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com