The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Children Obey Your Parents...

Jason,<br><br>Let's turn your scenario around to one that is also very realistic. A man divorces his wife for adultery but the court awards custody to her, according to the national statistics 94% of the time. Are the children, in your estimation to obey their father rather than their mother, even though the civil authorities working under the influence of the Feminist agenda deem the mother the "best" parent?<br><br>There is another thing about this whole thing that is really bothering me. It is this idea of "lawful authority", which smells like some kind of Theonomistic covenantalism. Does this "lawful authority" notion supersede the NATURAL relationship which children are born into by God's providence? Is a man or a woman no longer a child's parent because of some act of sin or in so many cases, especially in regard to men/fathers, the real innocent party due to a bigoted order of a pagan Judge and domestic judiciary?<br><br>In His Grace,