Order in the Court
Positive Law vs. Natural Law
~ who do you think will win ~
First lets lay out the definition ...
Positive Law - law set up by a soveirn ex. King, constitution Natural Law - what is morally acceptable according to personal perception - what you think is right or wrong
I was sitting in my business law class tuesday night as my profressor started discussing the "fight" between positive and natural law. He used this example... Stealing- Its against the positive law, but in some cases, according to natural law its necessary or okay to steal such as, "he was starving so he stole food from a grocery store." Regardless in the end, no matter what the excuse he will get in trouble for stealing because positive law will always triump natural law. ALWAYS!
This got me thinking! I do this alot with my walk with God. Christians do this alot in their life as well. Positive law represents what God and the Bible says and natural law represents your convinctions and flesh. T...