Why do judges pray before a court hearing and holds a Bible and yet imposes mans' law and not God's law?
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because he wants god to give him a hand imposing man's law
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Because they study the Bible as literature, and not the Word of God. This is where belief comes in. You have to believe it, and apply it.
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I think you misunderstand teh role.  Except for priests of the Roman Patriarchate, Rome does not make rules for people.  Catholics follow the rules set down by divine revelation.  Now, for purposes of practicality, certain processes occur in a regulated manner.  For example, morning prayer is sung during the morning evening prayer isn't.  If it doesn't impact divine revelation, then it is optional.  On the other hand, if you disagree with divine revelation you will do what you want anyway, so they don't matter then.
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He wasn't.  He was pointing out that you can't pick and choose which of the laws you are going to follow and which you can ignore.  The Pharisees were criticiczing him for breaking the rules, he's pointing out that they have also ignored the rules at times.  His point was that when some of the Old Testament laws no longer served any purpose, then the society should move beyond them.\n\nUnfortunately a lot of Christians didn't get the point either--otherwise the whole gay marriage issue wouldn't be happening.
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Maybe the question should be...why do followers of the bible judge others even though they are taught not to? People have to make a judgment call on the bible, otherwise they would be sitting on the fence of their beliefs.
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The New Testament was not meant to be a new law book for us to be put under after being freed from the burden of the old law book. Most Christians say unless your spouse commits adultery, you're stuck with them. If they're an ax murderer, a gang banger, satanic high priest, or as I read on this site recently, a soon to be trans-sexual, thats too bad. As long as they haven't cheated on you. Didn't Jesus rebuke the pharisees on several occasions for putting the written code above love and compassion? And didn't Paul say that God called His children to live in peace? Didn't the Lord command us to judge rightly?\n\nLegally speaking, in God's eyes, there is no such thing as divorce. In fact, in His eyes your spouse isn't the first person you walk down the aisle with, it is the first person you sleep with. Study it for yourself in the Old Testament. By this standard I wonder how many of us are "legally" married.\n\nIn the Old Testament(I forgot exactly where) there was a mass divorce because a lot of the Israelites married pagan women against God's express prohibition against it. These women did not commit adultery and God still hated divorce, but this mass divorce was a neccessary evil. Also, in the Law, the remedy for an unfaithful spouse was stoning not divorce. \n\nChristians are using the Bible as a rule book and completely missing the deep and beautiful spiritual truths it contains just like the Jews did with the Torah. They're reading it with carnal rather than spiritual eyes. God's marriage laws were meant to protect the innocent.\n\nThat all being said, remember that God does hate divorce and so should you.\n\nWalk in LOVE not law.
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Greg's answer is a good one. :) \n\nI would also add that since judges are put into place by the president and the legislature, they are (unlike politicians) not beholden to special interest groups or lobbyists, and they are not dependant on the people for their job. Because they are free of restrictions, they can uphold the constitution and rule of law without worrying for the safety of their jobs. This helps to further assure "liberty and justice for all". \n\nBTW, the president and legislature only put into place SUPREME COURT justices... Lower courts ARE sometimes elected by the people, depending on the state in which you live.
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Some do, some don't.  Judges are in most states elected or at least selected by elected officals, so they are on the bench due to the majority support of their stance, be it "by the book" or "alternative" punishments.  It all depends on who you draw.  All you can do is try to highlight a mistake and show remorse that you will never do it again, learned your lesson, will go save orphans from a burning building and commit 27 other selfless acts, etc.
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God probably wouldn't care as long as you are following the law that he or she put forth in the Scriptures. It's just that over the years Christians have manipulated the meanings of these Scriptures to endorse their bullshit and the way they treat people.
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Because those people cherry-pick the Old Testament, and pick out the bits & pieces that support their belief, and ignore the rest. My favorites are the dietary laws; if they condemn people for being gay because the Old Testament says so (and it does say that),  why do Christians eat bacon? Pork Chops? Shrimp? Why don't we sacrifice goats in church? The Old Testament clearly says you should sacrifice goats. There are long chapters regulating the capture & sales of slaves (including your own kids!), and one of the penalties for rape is making money restitution to her DAD, and another says you don't have to pay the restuitution if you marry her. Why aren't Christians advocating that rape victims marry their rapists; the Bible says so! Todays Christians also seem to have a beef with Polygamy, but the Old Testament clearly endorses it. It goes on and on and on.
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Why would the Bible tell us to pray for wisdom and then not have us apply it?  What is free will if there are no consequences for our choices?\n\nBesides, there's a fine line between faith and presumption.\n\nSometimes God has asked people to do things that seemed downright foolish.  It stretches your faith.  Everyone who loves you will come with their "concern" and "reasoning."  But at the eleventh hour, God comes through.\n\nOther times, people assume God is asking them to do something when He has done no such thing.  Or, in other words, they presume upon Him and put themselves in bad situations and tight spots.\n\nI've done both.
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Because there are people out there who in an effort to deny God have in an unscholarly manner taken verses out of context and pitted them against each other.  Even worse than that, there are others who blindly accept these fallacies as truth without examining for themselves.\n\nJust because a juror doesn't believe the testimony of a witness does NOT make the testimony untrue.\n\nAs far as it's accuracy - every book of the Bible refers to Jesus Christ, no matter when or who wrote it.  This is the common thread that binds it all together.  The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed.  The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.
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I did an entire study on this, unfortunately, it is not posted yet.\nYou need to get the scripture right, the term "judge not" means condemning to hell. However, to say to a fellow Christian that they are blowing it morally is commanded of us. Basically, Christians are to be fruit inspectors. \nHowever, we are NOT to judge those OUTSIDE the church. So if a supposed Christian is judging you and you are not a Christian, just give them the following scripture and say NOTHING...\n\n"For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? But those who are outside God judges." - 1 Cor 5:12\n\nBut in our judgement, we are to make sure that we are acting and speaking out of love and concern and not prideful self-righteousness. That's the hard part. What is my motive and attitude?
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Men deliberately removed parts of the bible because it didn't fit their idea of what the bible should teach. It wasn't God who told them to remove those books it was their own idea. Sadly people today think that they acted on the behalf of God, and that their censorship was correct. Instead of questioning those men and their actions people today think that the parts of the bible that those men left is the only word of God and that there is no more than that.
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I think many believe in their religions entirely, they are just very good at rationalizing their own departures from religious laws because, like all human beings, they put themselves before others. Moreover, that fact that all they have to do in some cases is ask for forgiveness or perform some act of repentence makes it that much easier for them to sin and still claim to be a believer. It doesn't help matters that in many cases, scripture is confusing or contradictory, giving people of faith the opportunity to classify certain behaviors as an exception to the rules, or allowing them to argue against certain laws by citing other scripture that seems to differ.
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God is spirit and don't forget he said to obey the government. People were to follow the laws-rather they liked it or not-unless it went against him. This does not fit into that category. Which I am sure you will pick  on a few scriptures and not the whole-which must harmonize.
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Justice and reasons are in God's hands. Not in yours or mine