Interesting. We each seem to nurse a different though similar definition of patriotism. Dr. Dove, I don’t think you strayed at all. Do I understand correctly that patriot for you equals someone in total agreement with the current powers that be?
I’m wondering if I am a patriot. Now that I am an adult, do I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America? I don’t think I do. I pledge allegiance to the interests of God and his Church. I’ll be obedient to USA’s laws until they conflict with that first allegiance. By your definition of patriot, Noisy Dove, the society I put before myself is the Church.
I will preach that sin is wrong. I will proselytize all who’ll listen. Any woman being forced into abortion will find shelter in my home. Today these aren’t issues – in America. But they are elsewhere right now in the world, and it is feasible they may one day reach these shores. Americans will say, “These laws are best for us.” I will say different. Does that make me the true patriot, rising above popular opinion to seek the truest best interest for American society, or does it make me part of a subversive counter-cultural underground? I think the latter, and I think the latter is who we are called to be. ?
Professor Dove, if the free practice of your faith was illegal, would you still consider yourself an American patriot?
Isn’t our first loyalty as Christians called to be for other Christians? If the US pushes sanctions against Denmark for promoting Lutheranism against other religions, on whose side do we stand?
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