Why do you obey the law? If you don't obey the law, why not?
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If you don't obey the law, you'll end up in jail or much worse.  Just learn to be a good person, and you'll be rewarded by not being punished :)
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Why ask why, when you can ask why not?
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When it comes to the free-moral agency of man, your question can be answered "yes" and "no".  People do things for two reasons...because they feel they "have to", and because they "want to".  I don't like being told to wear my seat belt, and often times don't, till I see that ploice officer in the distance.  I used to be a slob.  I got married, and my ex-wife demanded neatness, so to keep peace in the house, I complied.  As soon as my ex left me, I reverted to my original standards.  In both of these cases, my behavior was modified only insofar as I wanted to avoid the consequences.  But as far as my thought process behind my actions, my behavior wasn't truly modified.  As soon as I feel I can get away with my normal behaviors, I revert to them.  Behavior in humans is only truly capable in humans when one can modify that person's conscience to feel guilty if they violate a given expected behavior.  If all they fear is consequences, but don't feel guilty, their behavior has never been truly modified.
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Simple question, Tracy, but it has no simple answer.\n\nFor starters, most states laws reagrd the use of deadly force as an alternative ONLY when they are inside your home & are threatening the lives of you or yours & even That is difficult to prove/justify. Furthermore, when you confront someone, even an animal in the wild, if you Do Not offer it a simple means of escape, it Will attack!\nAutomobiles are movable property & as such, the law states that you must protect yourself By Backing off & summoning help, Period! So, all those Rambo-types out there are clearly misguided souls who apparently are legends in their own minds!\n Sure, it's Your personal property but if we all started firing at every individual we claimed was stealing from us, we would eventually have anarchy cuz there are alotta variables that can come into play. Fer instance, I come home from work to discover a guy taking the stereo outta my car, do I shoot him or do I let him explain that my girl hired him to put in an even nicer one for me as a surprise b-day present! I'm a convicted felon cuz I shot a guy who was doing exactly that! I know it's a one in a million but still, the law really does serve a purpose & if we were to attempt to shoot someone who's unarmed, we become the criminal & the flip-side of that is if we attempt to stop such a person some other , non-lethal way & they are armed, we become another dead statistic...see what I mean? No simple answer but I hope I illuminated some of the uglier possibilities for ya cuz anything you can replace with a little cashflow is worth far less than you life or your own freedom....get my drift?
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A Rabbi once said something like:\nIt is possible to use the law to interpret the law.\n\nParaphrased from memory:\n • Thou shalt not kill.\n • Whosoever lays with another man's wife... they shall both be stoned to death.\n\nDepending on your interpretation, is it even possible to follow both laws?\nWhich one has primacy?\nIs it possible that the latter rule made more sense when mankind was on the edge of survival?\n\nAgain paraphrased (and probably poorly):\nIf a law in the Torah offends you morally, it is your duty to judge it with the law.\nIf you do not agree with the law but it does not offend you morally, then preference should be to obey.
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Rom 13:1  Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.\n\nThis states clearly we are to obey the government regardless of whether it is good.  This is part of a theme of Christians being peacefully submissive to government/masters/parents/husbands, so that Christianity will not be used as an excuse for rebellion.\n\nIn cases when the government contradicts the commandments of God though, we must obey God.  See below.\n\nAct 5:29  But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men. "
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My understanding is that the law was over, caput, done with when Jesus died on the cross. Jesus said, I came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Read the book of Romans, written by Paul, he explains very well. If you are new to scripture, you might want to try the "Word" translation. We human beings are so innately depraved and clueless - (a legacy from Adam - check your scripture crosswalk.com = it has a search engine)- that there was/is *nothing* we could ever *do* that would save us. It required that Jesus become flesh and that *He* take on all of our sins... that's how we're saved. By grace. There is no way to *earn* your way. It is a gift from God - GRACE - and it can't be earned. It;s given when you accept that Jesus is the son of God and that His purpose was to do for us what we could never do for ourselves. The operative word here: "do."\n One more thing: God *always* loves us. The question for us is: "Do we *trust* HIm? Obey? If you're believing, you're "obeying." He left only 2 commandments: Love me as I love you and love your neighbors. That second one is tough... oftentimes impossible. I've got neighbors - or people I just come across that I'd like to take a baseball bat to... then I remember that the commandment wasn't "Love your neighbors - except those who make you want to hit them with a baseball bat." This Christian walk is not easy and it doesn't require you to DO anything to receive God's love. Romans and the letters to the seven churches in teh NT all speak to Christ's intentions: Look at how he behaved: he loved and he acted in love. And that ain't easy to do all the time. I try and get it maybe 30-40% of hte time. And still, He's got me covered. \n Scripture will tell you all you need to know. Prepare and ask to know what God's will is for you... he's not a Fairy Godmother - damn it all - but as you are ready you will be shown. Bless you.
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The why would come down to the laws of nature
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By my ethics: Yes\n\nBy the law: No
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Not that i can really claim that i speak for God but one of the functions of having a set of laws could very well be to create a necesity for reconcilation. Until there are rules to be broken its hard to really know one is screwing things up isnt it?. Until people realize they are flawed and that they fall short it is a little bit more difficult to understand why exactly we need to change from the course we are on. Also its hard to realize that there may be something different (better?) out there for us. Its hard to understand that there is a God humanity may fall short of and thusly need in their lives without a set of Laws.
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No. But it is the force by which laws can be upheld.
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A1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength; and love your neighbor as yourself. There are no greater commandments than these. It is our purpouse, and what we were designed for.\nA2. Because the world is messed up. From the time humankind first sinned the world has been in a state of decay, so to live we have to resist that decay (i.e. WORK) in order to, out of the chaos of decay, produce order (food, shelter, video games, etc;). Think second law of thermodynamics, the only way to counter it is orderly input of energy, in this case, through work.
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BREAK THE LAW,YOU,LL FIND OUT...
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If by the term law, you mean the Ten Commandments, then they are there for us to understand God's will for our lives. They define and teach us, and others, about sin. This is a separation from God, and our fellow man, because of a lack of love and from being self centered.\n\nWhen Jesus asked "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?"  He was answered, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."  Jesus then said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE."\n \nThe first three commandments have to do with loving and honoring God. If they are at the top of the list, how important must they be? It was for this, that Christ died for us. To forgive us of the sins we committed, and allow us to come to know and love the one and only living God, creator of all things. Jesus is the way, truth and life.
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Yeah. Since some people break the speed limit laws, I should get to murder people.\n\nJust because someone else wrongs, that doesn't justify allowing people to continue to break the law.\n\nThat's hypocritical: Having laws and not enforcing them.
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When laws are not enforced, it leads to disrespect for all other laws. One of the reasons the US is collapsing on herself is all the laws that are in place and not enforced.\n\nAllowing millions of criminals to go unpunished will only lead to an even more lawless society. The future does not bode well for the US, and allowing criminals to be rewarded for criminal behavior is only one more nail in America's coffin.
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The law is/was a measuring rod to help guide us away from the things that make us unhappy, and toward those things that bring us peace and contentment.\n\nBy living according to the law, Jesus fulfilled the law within what it's purpose was, but those same guidelines are still valid now, for everyone.\n\nThis I believe http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm