This seems like a really stupid moral to adopt. The guys in charge are bad, and if you can get away with defying them without being punished, the moral teachings of anyone suggesting you ought not to do so – because their rule is instituted by God, Redde Caesari …, or whatever – are suspect at best.
Personally, I find the story of Jesus most useful as a cautionary tale: he famously gets tortured to death by the government.
This seems like a really stupid moral to adopt. The guys in charge are bad, and if you can get away with defying them without being punished, the moral teachings of anyone suggesting you ought not to do so – because their rule is instituted by God, Redde Caesari …, or whatever – are suspect at best.
Personally, I find the story of Jesus most useful as a cautionary tale: he famously gets tortured to death by the government.