With respect, how many of those who consider state taxes to help the poor 'theft' would require husbands and parents to provide specific bible authority for every single use of their authority?
If a father makes a decision based on a child's disposition that this child should wait a year or two before starting to drive, or that he does not want the children to smoke, are those decisions illegitimate because they have no direct connection with the father's mandate of 'raising your children in the fear and nurture of the Lord?'
Certainly authorities (parents, husbands, masters, government) can be excessive and overbearing in their use of authority. That is very different from saying that such uses of their authority are illegitimate or constitute blatant sin such as theft.
If a father makes a decision based on a child's disposition that this child should wait a year or two before starting to drive, or that he does not want the children to smoke, are those decisions illegitimate because they have no direct connection with the father's mandate of 'raising your children in the fear and nurture of the Lord?'
Certainly authorities (parents, husbands, masters, government) can be excessive and overbearing in their use of authority. That is very different from saying that such uses of their authority are illegitimate or constitute blatant sin such as theft.