The Dangerous Mix of Law with Religion

Laws are created by human beings, and human beings have an agenda. Ridiculous laws exist and more will be created. We have had laws that say that people of color have to ride in the back of the bus and cannot attend universities. We have had laws justifying a husband’s “right” to beat his wife. The Puritans - remember those nice people who supposedly came to The New World to escape religious persecution (and occasional burn disobedient daughters at the stake)? - they passed a law in Massachusetts making it legal to kill Quakers on sight. So much for the moral authority of religion!

Just because something is “against the law“ does not mean that it is wrong - the law itself is often wrong - and the Bible cannot be used to justify enforcement of or adherence to an unjust or immoral law. To do so is a contemptable practice by unethical people.