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What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
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What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
What is the highest authority you recognize? In other words, to what or to whom do you feel obliged to obey and why?
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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
Generally the local cops. I guess I could say my parents, but I sometimes have disagreements with them.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
Emergency Auxiliary Backup Cat #2 thinks it otta be him.

It AIN'T !!!
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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
I can't answer that without the question being placed into a context.

For instance, in AF and regarding cardiac surgery, my highest authority is Valk.

In AF and regarding physics, I'll go with Alex.

I won't even consider "obey". That is my individual choice, whether that entity has authority or not.
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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
"Obey" is very general. To always obey under any circumstance: no one. Most of the time: my boss, my wife, usually obey unless there is a reason for protest: the auhorities of my government.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
Me.

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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
(April 19, 2017 at 5:10 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: What is the highest authority you recognize? In other words, to what or to whom do you feel obliged to obey and why?

I have obligations aplenty..to friends, family, my fellow man, myself (hell, I have an obligation to the asshole that sometimes picks up my trash).  None of them are obligations to obey.  I am a free man, right?  I can do and accept the consequences of whatever action I deem appropriate?
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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
as a general rule, I'd accede to the largest Lesbian in my vicinity . . . .
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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
Hmm.  The police, the government - as long as they aren't doing something outrageous.  However, I wouldn't obey Hair Gropenfuhrer Cheeto Hitler and his crony Pence, I don't care what they asked of me.
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Obedience is for dogs and robots not men

Obligation has nothing to do with obedience
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

Inuit Proverb

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