Authority from God and Political Power

[JackVk]

“All authority is from God,” says St. Paul. But I find this statement problematic. If thia is true, then it follows that God authorizes Kim Jong-un brainwashing and executing anyone he doesn’t like. Political power, from my observation, seems more like something only the ambitious and ruthless can attain, rather than being divinely granted.

“God fights on the side with the best artillery”. -Napoleon Bonaparte

“There are no true knights just as there are no true gods. This world is run by swords and strong arms. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.” -Sandor “the Hound” Clegane, Game of Thrones

“Ideas don’t determine who is right. Power does. And I have power, so I am right”. Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Does anyone have a response to this? Sorry if I seem confrontational, but I want to express my true thoughts. I want my statements to be refuted. However, the responses I could think of were not satisfactory. They all were some kind of “God allows it for a greater good”, or the nauseatingly bad “mysterious ways” cop-out.

 

[Bahman]

“All authority is from God,” says St. Paul. But I find this statement problematic. If thia is true, then it follows that God authorizes Kim Jong-un brainwashing and executing anyone he doesn’t like. Political power, from my observation, seems more like something only the ambitious and ruthless can attain, rather than being divinely granted.

“God fights on the side with the best artillery”. -Napoleon Bonaparte

“There are no true knights just as there are no true gods. This world is run by swords and strong arms. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.” -Sandor “the Hound” Clegane, Game of Thrones

“Ideas don’t determine who is right. Power does. And I have power, so I am right”. Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Does anyone have a response to this? Sorry if I seem confrontational, but I want to express my true thoughts. I want my statements to be refuted. However, the responses I could think of were not satisfactory. They all were some kind of “God allows it for a greater good”, or the nauseatingly bad “mysterious ways” cop-out.

I don’t think that this is God’s kingdom.

 

[oldcelt]

My belief is that God has no involvement what so ever. We bring our misfortunes and fortunes upon ourselves with no divine intervention. Paul, whose entire ministry was based on an ecstatic vision, was simply wrong.

 

[ChainBreaker]

“All authority is from God,” says St. Paul. But I find this statement problematic. If thia is true, then it follows that God authorizes Kim Jong-un brainwashing and executing anyone he doesn’t like. Political power, from my observation, seems more like something only the ambitious and ruthless can attain, rather than being divinely granted.

“God fights on the side with the best artillery”. -Napoleon Bonaparte

“There are no true knights just as there are no true gods. This world is run by swords and strong arms. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.” -Sandor “the Hound” Clegane, Game of Thrones

“Ideas don’t determine who is right. Power does. And I have power, so I am right”. Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Does anyone have a response to this? Sorry if I seem confrontational, but I want to express my true thoughts. I want my statements to be refuted. However, the responses I could think of were not satisfactory. They all were some kind of “God allows it for a greater good”, or the nauseatingly bad “mysterious ways” cop-out.

I to have problems with this view since it can be abused. However, a true king is both a master and a servant of the people. Jesus Christ himself is an embodiment of this truth. Thus even if a king has a right, he does not have an absolute right. There comes a point where rebellion is just.

And this is true for most things. For example the right to private property is not an absolute right. Whenever owning something undermines the common good, then man has a right to redistribute wealth through some form of taxation in order to restore the balance, for man cannot take with out giving back to the common good.

If you are starving and you have no means to production or sufficient charity, you have a right to “take” food from a supermarket.

It is wrong to kill a person, but it is not a sin to kill in defense of ones life or the lives of ones family.

What men believe to be absolute rights are not always as such in reality. Its simply not popular for anybody with power to acknowledge or agree with the possibility that they could justly lose power.

 

[ChainBreaker]

The survival of Christianity has often “seemed” to involve a kind of pandering to truths that support the wellbeing of the elite and a downplaying of truths that are not so popular in terms of economics and power. But whenever evil has been in full force Christianity to its credit has stood with the people.