John Yurich USA wrote:
Birth Certificates are very important for genealogical purposes.

"Sheridan Bailey had been convicted for violating the compulsory education law of Indiana which went into effect March 8, 1897. One of the grounds upon which Bailey challenged the state was that "it invaded the natural right of a man to govern and control his own children." The court responded with the following words:

"The natural rights of a parent to the custody and control of his infant child are subordinate to the power of the state, and may be restricted and regulated by municipal laws . One of the most important natural duties of the parent is his obligation to educate his child, and this duty he owes not to the child only, but to the commonwealth. If he neglects to perform it or willfully refuses to do so, he may be coerced by law to execute such civil obligation."

The State birth certificate is today's infant baptism, and I know from very personal experience. Unbelievers and even professed believers go nuts over this, like really, really looney nuts!

The poster formerly known as Russ wrote:
And all this time I thought that rights came from our Creator.

John UK wrote:
Yes, what about them?

A Christian man listening to classical music could be considered a false brother?

Rhett wrote:
Yes, what about them?

Ever heard believers say, "Well, I'm not gonna lose my salvation if I do [fill in the blank]." Or, I'm not gonna lose my salvation if I don't do [fill in the blank]."

Just recently I wrote a letter to the senior pastor of a local relig-ious assembly [aka, superintendent of a local school] and have been accused of being mentally ill, mostly for the greeting alone I am told, which went like so:

"Greetings in the name of the Judge of the quick and the dead, the blessed and only Potentate, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS, Jesus Christ."

And that folks, makes John Beechy a dangerous, insane man and father!

Rufus wrote:
Praise God you are favorable towards homeschooling. That is the only non-statist position I've witnessed you take.

Mike wrote:
You didn't specify whether the Hurricane Sandy flooded area in New Jersey known as Sandy Hook, or the Sandy Hook school Newtown. But I would say 170+ miles

Mike wrote:
The government is subject to the supreme law of the land, and must abide it. It cannot legally make laws overriding it. Since the citizenry is also subject to that supreme law, and their legal rights codified in it, no law contradicting it can be abided.
As you said the instituted law must be obeyed, but with the qualification that no law may be instituted which contradicts the highest law.

Mike wrote:
Like that has never happened before in your land? No fallen nature there? My my, heaven on earth is it? Must be the UK churches are fulfilling their mission then? Good for you.
PS we don't have gun shops in every mall, nor on every street, nor do the vast majority of people carry guns around. I have yet to meet someone who does. But don't let that reality stop your hand-wringing concern to the point that no further lop-sided exaggeration will be posted. Please continue, I'm not the only one who could use the laughs.

Rufus_1611 wrote:
I trust the Word of God to protect my children and the Word told me to do the following:
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. - (Luke 22:36)