XPost: alt.religion.christian.east-orthodox, alt.politics.religion,   
   soc.rights.human   
   XPost: alt.christnet.ethics, nz.politics   
   From: os333@netc.eu   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro,    
   > On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:32:11 +0300, Oleg Smirnov wrote:   
      
   >>>> Those "priests as freedom fighters" are heretics.   
   >>>   
   >>> You say that like it's a bad thing ...   
   >>   
   >> For Christians, the only way of relation with an authority is   
   >> to obey it (which, in turn, means any authority is certainly   
   >> non-Christian (although it may well pretend to be Christian)).   
      
   God arranged life so that there's no lack of powers seeking   
   to be an authority, so that a formation of an authority always   
   means disobedience to some competing authorities.   
      
   > Your religion tells you it's a virtue to believe without evidence, doesn't   
   > it?   
      
   Mind reading and vulgar atheism are both not good, I think.   
      
   Underlying topic here is on how social competition should be   
   seen through Christian ethics, since any political activism is   
   linked to competition among men, groups, parties etc   
      
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