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I dunno, the basic problem I have is he needs a moral authority. That could be his pastor, the state, or God. How do I explain to him why I don't think an outside moral authority has any more validity than my own moral code?

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Everyone follows their own moral code including him. His moral code just happens to be that he should obey the law, presumably he considers that its better to obey bad laws then to break them.

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That's a brilliant way of putting it.

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Out of curiousity, How does he deal with the paradox when laws from God conflict with laws from man? It seems to me that it would be hyppoctritical to obey almost all laws except for a select few that his religion tell him are wrong, and not use his religious beliefs to determine right from wrong otherwise.

What are so special about man made laws in which no one is harmed (or only consenting adults are involved) when they are broken? Does he have a well thought out philosophy in how he submits to man made laws or is he following beliefs that were indoctrinated into him?