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Originally Posted by fredtgreco  The issue of conflicting authorities is explicitly covered in Scripture: Acts 5:29. If the state requires you to violate the 6th commandment, you are to obey God rather than man. Scripture interprets Scripture. The Scriptures (and Romans 13 in specific) say nothing about what form of government is required. |
My post--sorry if it wasn't clear--was about conflicting authorities within the governmental structure. For instance, if I obey authority x I disobey authority why, yet Romans 13 only says, at a surface level reading, to be in obedience to authorities.
As to the form of government, I didn't mean to get off on that track. Have you read Dabney's essay on "Bible Republicanism?"