Respecting unjust laws means that you are willing to accept the punishment. Following unjust laws, simply makes you part of the problem. Most people, wishing to maintain the status quo, will most likely say to just follow the law, or to wait for a “better time” to change them. One need only remember that all the atrocities committed by Hitler were legal, and the people pacifly went along with it, believing that such things were necessary to save the country in its greatest time of need. Nearly 12 million people died as a result of a lack of civil disobedience. Had more people protested the anti-jewish laws imposed by the Nazi party, it is highly likely that many of the atrocities including the “Final Solution” might have never occurred, or been delayed by enough years that by the time it would have been implemented the war would have been reaching its end.To quote the Pastor Martin
Respecting unjust laws means that you are willing to accept the punishment. Following unjust laws, simply makes you part of the problem. Most people, wishing to maintain the status quo, will most likely say to just follow the law, or to wait for a “better time” to change them. One need only remember that all the atrocities committed by Hitler were legal, and the people pacifly went along with it, believing that such things were necessary to save the country in its greatest time of need. Nearly 12 million people died as a result of a lack of civil disobedience. Had more people protested the anti-jewish laws imposed by the Nazi party, it is highly likely that many of the atrocities including the “Final Solution” might have never occurred, or been delayed by enough years that by the time it would have been implemented the war would have been reaching its end.To quote the Pastor Martin