In article <WUxc9.39257$Ic7.2672643 at news2.west.cox.net>,
John Knight <jwknight at polbox.com> wrote:
>>This essay is not an attempt to convince non-believers that God's Word,
>the Bible, is the ultimate source of truth and righteous power by which
>all legitimate government authority on earth has been established.
How unAmerican a sentiment. All legitimate government authority
derives from the consent of the governed, just like it says in the
Declaration of Independance.
>In these matters, the State has no
>authority and should not interfere. God teaches us that lawful taxation
>by "His servant and minister of justice" (the State), is "to do us good",
>and is a proper function of civil government.
This is nothing less than a slap in the face of our Founding Fathers,
who rebelled against the British Crown over matters of taxation.
