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I have been very confused about what to do if America is ever faced with martial law and/or an oppressive dictatorship to where you can easily be labeled an enemy of the state and sought after to be indefinetly detained or killed.
Would it be a sin to protect myself and my family from unlawful arrest or being killed by a corrupted military under a dictatorship?
I know we are to obey authority but America isn't like Rome was. Our ultimate authority beside God is the constitution. And for there to be a dictator in America is to go against the supreme law of the land. Therefore to me, to disobey a dictator in America would be to obey the law of the land which is the constitution which states we have threats both foreign and domestic and forbids a dictatorship but gives us a division in powers, etc...
So lets say they start sending people off to camps like they did in the Holocaust, would it be wrong for me to pick up arms to protect me and my family from possible death, torture, rape, etc?
Now, perhaps I shouldn't bear arms if it becomes illegal to be a Christian, but rather flee into the wilderness, and if caught then surrender and assume it was God's will that I be found to be a martyr? Or once found, protect myself and my family by bearing arms even if they are seeking my arrest and death for being a Christian?
But if it has nothing to do with my religion, then am I ok to protect my life?
I take this very seriously and don't want to be wrong and be guilty of a great sin. Thank you all for your time. God bless.
Would it be a sin to protect myself and my family from unlawful arrest or being killed by a corrupted military under a dictatorship?
I know we are to obey authority but America isn't like Rome was. Our ultimate authority beside God is the constitution. And for there to be a dictator in America is to go against the supreme law of the land. Therefore to me, to disobey a dictator in America would be to obey the law of the land which is the constitution which states we have threats both foreign and domestic and forbids a dictatorship but gives us a division in powers, etc...
So lets say they start sending people off to camps like they did in the Holocaust, would it be wrong for me to pick up arms to protect me and my family from possible death, torture, rape, etc?
Now, perhaps I shouldn't bear arms if it becomes illegal to be a Christian, but rather flee into the wilderness, and if caught then surrender and assume it was God's will that I be found to be a martyr? Or once found, protect myself and my family by bearing arms even if they are seeking my arrest and death for being a Christian?
But if it has nothing to do with my religion, then am I ok to protect my life?
I take this very seriously and don't want to be wrong and be guilty of a great sin. Thank you all for your time. God bless.