seatbelts (was Re: Men and Emotions)

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>>>>> "caryle" == caryle clear <cpcj@sprynet.com> writes:

    caryle> What a wonderful testimony!  Praise the Lord that he kept
    caryle> his hand on you through that accident!  However, I have to
    caryle> ask, what on earth were you guys doing driving at 55 mph
    caryle> with no seatbelt on???  At least in Ohio, it is a state
    caryle> law that you must have a seatbelt on. Is it a law where
    caryle> you are (just curious)?  You were going the speed limit (I
    caryle> think), and obeying that law, doesn't it then follow that
    caryle> the belts should have been on too (if it's the law where
    caryle> you are--I don't know)?

Well, I do not think such a law is constitutional.  After all, if
"free speech" now covers non-verbal forms of expression, and wearing
my seatbelt affects no one but myself, (ditto motorcycle helmets),
then if I want to be stupid, knowing full well that my own personal
risk is increased, that that should be my choice.  

Otherwise, since danger of hellfire is so much more serious than
danger of automobile accident, then shouldn't we also have a law
mandating that every person be baptized in Jesus name, and shouldn't
they be legally mandated to receive the Holy Ghost?  Seatbelt laws are
just one more step towards one world religion!  ;-)

Seriously, my wife now wears her seatbelt almost all the time, and now
that my daughter is taking driver's ed and driving with a learner's
permit, we all wear our belts when she drives, not for fear of her
driving, but because if she gets stopped and anyone in the car is not
wearing seat belts, then she looses her permit and cannot drive until
she is 18.  I think this is wrong, but I am not willing to risk my
daughter's license to demonstrate against it.

QUESTION: Are there any "victimless" sins in the Bible?  I do not
consider idol worshipping victimless, since God is the victim, as the
idolator is denying God what is rightfully his.  Are there any other
sins that HF readers would consider victimless?

    caryle> [Official end of addressing Bro. Brown personally.]

    caryle> I've heard of other Apostolics who don't where seatbelts
    caryle> *in spite of* laws in their area.  I'm not sure, but isn't
    caryle> there a Biblical precident for obeying the laws in your
    caryle> "land" as long as they don't conflict with obeying God?
    caryle> Deliberately refusing to put on seatbelts reminds me an
    caryle> awful lot of the logic of those snake handlers (NOT trying
    caryle> to re-open *that* issue, just making a personal
    caryle> observation).  We all drive on the right side of the
    caryle> street in the US, don't we?

The side of the street is an issue to protect others, not just
onesself.

    caryle> Anyway, I was just concerned that others might see no
    caryle> point in seatbelts because of other similar testimonies
    caryle> they've heard.  Anneliese

I see the point, from a safety standpoint.  I just do not think it is
a proper, or even constitutional, issue for the legislature to
mandate.

As a matter of fact, years ago, when I was a hot rodder, drag racer,
and then sports car buff, I drove *MUCH* faster than the law allowed
(before Christ, not after!).  When I was driving fast, and cornering
hard, I *ALWAYS* wore my seat belt, not because I wanted to be tied
into the car in case of a wreck, but to keep me from having a wreck:
the seat belt held me stationary with respect to the car's controls,
thereby allowing me to concentrate on steering, throttle, brake,
clutch, and gear shift, not holding myself from sliding all over the
car's interior under the high G forces.

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