Oak Brook College of Law

Not if he/she had also read the New Testament.

I would hope that this individual would have the ability to discern the difference between their own religious beliefs and the laws that govern their country. Million of people seem capable of doing it on a daily basis, but it's always the radicals and extremists who get media play. They also certainly make for better television.

 

The last few postings have made the issue clearer in my mind. I can see that a well educated Christian lawyer might have to live his life in "watertight" compartments. When thinking like a private person, he turns the other cheek, so to speak, but when he is thinking like a lawyer, he pursues temporal justice.
Nosborne

 

In my opinion, no well educated Christian lawyer can function well in his or her career by adopting a fundamentalist approach (accepting the Bible and its principles literally). It is very important, however, not to betray his or her own conscience. That's the key, I think.

Jane