{"id":4834,"date":"2001-08-04T02:14:36","date_gmt":"2001-08-04T02:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4834"},"modified":"2014-03-04T02:23:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T02:23:30","slug":"christians-and-civil-disobedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4834","title":{"rendered":"Christians and civil disobedience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Evangelical Fellowship of Canada<\/h2>\n<h3>Background Paper<\/h3>\n<p class=\"author\">John H. Redekop<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#John_H._Redekop\" target=\"_blank\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A basic requirement for the functioning of civil society, especially in a democracy, is that citizens, generally speaking, should obey the laws of the land.\u00a0 Christians and most, if not all, other religious groups accept that principle as an over-arching reality.\u00a0 The logic is compelling. If citizens, in substantial numbers, would take the law into their own hands and individually decide which laws to obey and which to disobey, then anarchy might result rather quickly.\u00a0 The theory is clear and essentially true but the practical situation is sometimes more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>What is to be done by responsible and highly moral citizens if certain laws are inherently evil?\u00a0 What should citizens do if the government of the day pressures them to violate their conscience on a fundamental principle?\u00a0 What should they do if their government suddenly denies them the most basic of freedoms?\u00a0 We know from history as well as from the present global situation that Christians often encounter laws which are unjust and simply wrong.\u00a0 The Christian response is clear.\u00a0. . 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Redekop* Introduction A basic requirement for the functioning of civil society, especially in a democracy, is that citizens, generally speaking, should obey the laws of the land.\u00a0 Christians and most, if not all, other religious groups accept that principle as an over-arching reality.\u00a0 The logic is compelling. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4834\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christians and civil disobedience&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1185,460,459,453,295],"tags":[118,782,1195],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-non-catholic","category-commentary-religion","category-pluralism-secularism","category-religion","category-religious-freedom","tag-civil-disobedience","tag-evangelical-fellowship-of-canada","tag-john-h-redekop"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Christians and civil disobedience - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4834\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christians and civil disobedience - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Background Paper John H. 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