SuperDemocrat
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if I am a devout Muslim who believes in ala, where should ala's authority exist in relationship to my government? If ala sits below government then I am assuming that government is superior to Ala that seems to defy my religion since, by definition, a monotheistic religion can't have a deity that is weaker than anything else. If Ala is equal to government then that also betrays my religion because a monotheistic religion can't have a deity that shares his authority.
Can Ala sit above government? That last option may appeal to some but really doesn't make any sense at all since governments often enforce things that are not found in the bible. Would the Koran become our constitution? I prefer the words of Madison who thought that authority between family, religion, and the government exist in seperate planes of reality. While each one existed they existed in seperate planes of existence so even if they wanted to compete with each other they simply couldn't.
You could argue who had more power or more influence but each one existed in seperate components of our lives. Government was for the civil part of our existence. It creates the laws that govern our society. In this plane there is no higher authority simply because anything higher would constitute a new government. The old one becomes irrelevant. Religion is for our moral and spiritual existence. Government can't compete in this plane because it doesn't exist there so all moral questions are diverted from our government and are answered in this part of our lives.
When we combine all of these into our complete character we see that these planes swirl around in a mixture like oil and water. While they exist as a mixture neither one dissolves into the other and exist separately in our own character.
Can Ala sit above government? That last option may appeal to some but really doesn't make any sense at all since governments often enforce things that are not found in the bible. Would the Koran become our constitution? I prefer the words of Madison who thought that authority between family, religion, and the government exist in seperate planes of reality. While each one existed they existed in seperate planes of existence so even if they wanted to compete with each other they simply couldn't.
You could argue who had more power or more influence but each one existed in seperate components of our lives. Government was for the civil part of our existence. It creates the laws that govern our society. In this plane there is no higher authority simply because anything higher would constitute a new government. The old one becomes irrelevant. Religion is for our moral and spiritual existence. Government can't compete in this plane because it doesn't exist there so all moral questions are diverted from our government and are answered in this part of our lives.
When we combine all of these into our complete character we see that these planes swirl around in a mixture like oil and water. While they exist as a mixture neither one dissolves into the other and exist separately in our own character.