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Originally Posted by jammies

You forget the part where Paul isn't Jesus. He said plenty of things which have no basis in Christ's teachings, and that they carry such weight despite this is one of the reasons "Christianity" can embrace paradoxes and hypocrisies so well.

Further, the rights and responsibilities of the government <> individual morality. Christians as conscientious objectors is understandable, "Christian warriors" should be, but unfortunately is not, an oxymoron.

You foget the part where Jesus said that Paul (the first Pope) was his representative on earth, and what he said on earth, Jesus would hold true in Heaven.

Think of it as a means to ammend the constituion when unforseen things come up.

Yes, I know that all the Athiests will now point out "Well if God knows everthing then there are no unforseen things". But that's a different debate about free will etc, so not part of this thread.