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Old 07-25-2008, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by CaseyBessette View Post
I don't know where exactly the idea originates. Perhaps the skepticism of the Enlightenment? But it seems to me the two-kingdom view -- which posits the civil kingdom as governed solely by natural law (and not the Scriptures) -- will surely perpetuate this idea. How this is not entirely contrary to Vantillian apologetics is beyond me (of course I don't mean to equate ones vocation with apologetics).
Excellent points Casey. I cannot figure out for the life of me how people can posit that there are things that are not under the rule of God's Law as if God's Law is only for the "individual" and not the corporate body.
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