Law #2

No, legal standards are not limited to the determination and interpretation of each individual. If it was, then the whole world would be in chaos. There are so many different people with different beliefs that if the law was subjective to each individual the law would serve absolutely no purpose. People would skew the meaning of the laws to make it mean what they wanted it to just so they could do whatever they wanted. There is one absolute truth that humans should follow. God instilled it into the minds of every person in every culture for this very reason. So that humans would follow it and the world could maintain some kind of order and structure. At first, it may seem appealing to not have any laws or to have the ability to interpret them however you wanted, but one will soon find out that it would be a much more difficult world to live in. Although there will always be people who disobey the law or rebel against it, it keeps the world in order and much less chaotic.

Laws

No, the ultimate authority for creating laws is not the government. God is definitely the ultimate authority and has been since the beginning of time. That’s the way it should be, at least, in order for the society to be a successful one. Throughout Bible times there are countless examples of societies that followed the law of God and one’s that did not. It is obvious that the one’s that did turned out to be more thriving. That is the reason that God made the laws in the first place, to have us use them as guidelines to live a more fulfilling life. These laws were created by Him and intended for the government to put those laws into action and hold people accountable for upholding the laws. God is the creator. He created all of humanity, it only makes sense that he is the only and ultimate authority for creating laws. However, it is also true that times change and laws do too as a result of that. But, when changing and adding laws the government should always make them in accordance with the Bible and what it teaches.

Christianity and Feminism

In Webster’s dictionary, feminism is defined as, “the theory of political, economic, and social equality.  God has created men and women equally in His image, there is no doubt about that. But some feminists can get offended because even in the Bible, men can do things that women cannot. For instance, they can serve as leaders of the country and have most of the power. They also serve in the highest positions of the church. This can be commonly misconstrued by feminists to mean that Christians do not believe in the equality of men and women but the reality of the situation is that women and men were created equally, just to carry out different functions in the family and life. Women were created to be bear children and to be nurturing. Where as, men were created to hold down the household and provide for his family. Each of these tasks is equally important, but the nature of the two are just simply different. No one is higher than the other. Another example of men and women being equal but having different nature is the draft in war and having women on the front line. Some women may in fact be fully capable of handling that but it is not natural for women to kill and shoot at people when God created them to be nurturing, kind, compassionate beings. The inverse of this is women having children. Men will never be able to bear a child but that does not make them any less capable than women. So, as Christian’s, we need to be respectful to women and they should not be looked down upon but we also need to recognize the difference between the nature of men and women and respect that nature that God has instilled in each of us.

Many people do charge christianity as being sexist and homophobic. both of these claims are inaccurate but I see where they are coming from. First of all, I would like to explain why Christians are not sexist. I think that men and women were created very differently for a reason. God did not create them to preform the same tasks or for the same purpose. Women were created to be nurturing and to bear children, where men were created to do the labor work and provide food and shelter for his family. Both of these tasks are important to having a healthy family and relationship. They go hand in hand.That was God's purpose in creating them like that, to unify them as one. Not to put one as more important than the other, but to complete eachother. The bible does say that women are supposed to submit to their husbands but that is only because they are supposed to be the head of household and God intended it to be like that. The women being "submissive" is only to maintain a healthy relationship and when a woman is submissive, it shows how much she loves her husband.

A lot of Christians are pegged as homophobes and sadly, I believe that sometimes it is true. As Christians even though we do not believe in their sinful lifestyle, we still need to love them. If we love them and refrain from being so harsh and judgemental maybe we will act as examples of how to live and they will in turn want to live a Christian lifestyle. I'm not saying we should ever believe what they practice is okay, we should still accept and respect them as human beings.