Attitudes Toward Authority

Authority and its related truth: obedience, is a subject which has provoked much discussion through the ages, and continues to do so today. There is in our own day a growing resentment against authority. The underlying opinion is that none ought to be over others. There ought not be authority. Each, rather, has his “rights”. We hear of the “rights” of women, the “rights” of children, the “rights” of citizens. Even members of the church tend to follow the leadership of the world in this. One...