Follow Up

Props to everyone for their excellent comments.

This is a follow-up to the post:
"Obedience is better than sacrifice. -Thoughts?"

My Thoughts:
If we're talking about government, obedience is better than sacrifice unless it is morally compromising. You hold a higher accountability to your family, humankind and depending on your commitments, God. That doesn't mean you can't lobby against the rule.

If we're talking about deity, again, obedience gets you where you want to be faster than ignorance followed up with sacrifice. It's the same principle as chiropractics, or managing a 401k.

Obedience never comes without sacrifice, but the sacrifice to atone for disobedience (prison, penance...) generally costs more than obedience to begin with.

And that's what I think about that. :)