De Jager
Puritan Board Junior
I think the answer is an obvious yes, but I have talked to so many Christians who just don't really think it is that important.
I live in Ontario where we have very slow speed limits:
80 km/h for most rural roads (50 mph)
100 km/h for divided highways (60 mph)
It seems as though many people treat the speed 'limit' as a speed 'minimum'. Therefore, when I go the speed 'limit', people crowd in behind me, and start tailgating.
The thing that bothers me the most is that the law is so very clear, and yet no one seems to obey it, not even the police. So if a law is never enforced, is it still binding? Should my conscience be bound by the issue?
The accepted norm seems to be to travel approximately 15 km/h over the speed limit (10 mph over). I have never heard of anyone getting pulled over and given a ticket for exceeding the speed limit by that allowed buffer, but I don't see how that permits me to consciously disobey the law.
I thought I would get support from Christians when I talk about this, but they look at me like I am a nutcase. So am I a nutcase?
I live in Ontario where we have very slow speed limits:
80 km/h for most rural roads (50 mph)
100 km/h for divided highways (60 mph)
It seems as though many people treat the speed 'limit' as a speed 'minimum'. Therefore, when I go the speed 'limit', people crowd in behind me, and start tailgating.
The thing that bothers me the most is that the law is so very clear, and yet no one seems to obey it, not even the police. So if a law is never enforced, is it still binding? Should my conscience be bound by the issue?
The accepted norm seems to be to travel approximately 15 km/h over the speed limit (10 mph over). I have never heard of anyone getting pulled over and given a ticket for exceeding the speed limit by that allowed buffer, but I don't see how that permits me to consciously disobey the law.
I thought I would get support from Christians when I talk about this, but they look at me like I am a nutcase. So am I a nutcase?