and Walter B. Shurden yet again

I don't know. You tell me.

These sentiments do not run contrary to the American spirit or to the Word of God. The Bible is replete with examples of righteous civil disobedience.

Daniel refused a state order to stop praying to God. The three Hebrew children refused to obey civil authority when commanded to bow to the image of the state. Practically every Old Testament prophet mentioned in Scripture violated copious civil laws in deference to God's commands.

Virtually every apostle of the New Testament likewise disobeyed the evil laws of their governments. It was Simon Peter who boldly declared, "We ought to obey God rather than men." The Apostle Paul was imprisoned and eventually decapitated, being called a "lawbreaker" by government officials.

In sacred and secular history, disobedience to evil laws is considered both obligatory and holy!

Furthermore, the argument that men must submit to evil laws merely because a political or public official orders it done is contrary to modern history. The Nuremberg trials following World War II prove that.

The argument for the defense of every accused Nazi soldier for crimes committed during Hitler's regime centered on the obligation of a soldier to obey orders. Such men could not be held personally accountable for their crimes, it was argued, because they were merely "following orders." That argument was dismissed then as it should be dismissed now!

It was clearly demonstrated during the Nuremberg trials that men were obliged to obey a higher authority than that of their superiors, that men were morally responsible to behave according to the overruling moral principles of natural law, and that to blindly follow evil orders from any political or military official did not exonerate one's personal responsibility and accountability for their conduct.