(January 19, 2013 at 7:57 pm)ComplexityofChaos Wrote: Atheists regularly accept obedience as the proper thing to do even when a government tramples their freedoms without justification.
Firstly, you assume that all atheists take an interest in politics. That assumption is false. Secondly, as a people under one government you at least have the opportunity to abolish the government if they don't do their jobs well or petition for new laws.
Quote:If this view that obedience is a virtue is rational, then why is it that no one has put forth any cogent argument for why anyone should have to obey any legal authority?
Because usually these authorities have a better understanding of how the state works and with more information they are more fit to rule. It's the government's and the legal authorities' duty to protect the people, it's the people's duty to make sure that they elect sensible human beings and give their input when something doesn't go right.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
