Religious Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience if Laws Don’t Respect Faith

Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:52 PM

A formidable coalition of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical leaders are calling on Christians in a new manifesto to reject secular authority – and even engage in civil disobedience – if laws force them to accept abortion, same-sex marriage and other ideas that betray their religious beliefs.

On Friday, these leaders released a 4,700-word document – called the “The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience.”

The document was signed by leaders ranging from evangelical leader Chuck Colson to two of the leading Catholic prelates in the U.S., Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, and calls on Christians to engage in civil disobedience to defend their doctrines. (restul aici)



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5 replies

  1. Cristos ne invata sa nu ne compromitem.
    “Civil dissobedience”este refuzul de a face compromisuri.

  2. Alexandru Valeriu Terlea's avatar

    Ne invata Cristos sa ne razvratim?

  3. Donjose,
    Ar trebui poate sa te puna pe ginduri nu atit integritatea declaratiei ci mai degraba integritatea analizei pe care o faci tu insuti. Cind ai divergente de opinii cu oameni pe care ii respecti sint numai doua posibilitati:
    1. Ei toti gresesc si numai tu ai dreptate.
    2. Ei au dreptate si tu esti cel care gresesti.
    Daca reusesti sa ajungi la concluzia a doua mai sint sanse de recuperare.

  4. am vazut si eu lista celor 151 care au semnat. Probabil reformatorii ca Jean Calvin sau Luther se intorc in mormint cind vad ce fac reformatii si catolicii. In fine nu ma intriga Colson sau Dobson, ei oricum au dat la pace cu Rockeffeler de mult, insa prezenta lui Zacharias, Mcdowell, Gruden si alti oameni seriosi ma pune pe ginduri de zorii originalei “intregritati”

  5. Cred ca e timpul sa se ia atitudine fata de aceasta metodica distrugere a unei tari binecuvintate de Dumnezeu. Multi il considera pe hussein un ateist incompetent narcisistic imatur psihopat presedinte. In afara de incompetent sint de acord cu celelate caracterizari. As adauga insa ca se pare ca este foarte competent sa distruga metodic si deliberat o tara pe care o uraste de mic copil.

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