Civil DisobedienceHenry Thoreau wrote an essay about this in the 19th century. Martin Luther King Jr. preached it in the South. Mahatma Gandhi encouraged it in India. Nelson Mandela went to prison for promoting it. The Bible says that Paul, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were all guilty of this. According to wikipedia.org, "Civil disobedience encompasses the active refusal to obey certain laws, requirements, and commands of a government or occupying power without resorting to physical violence." As Christians, the dilemma is to follow the dictates of the government to the letter and violate God's commandments, or to remain faithful to God and become an enemy of the government Martin Luther King fought against government regulations that had the effect of placing Afro people. -Americans under the feet of Caucasians. His faith had taught him that all God's children should be loved and treated equally because we were all created in his image. King addressed the problem through non-violent protests. which included sit-ins at lunch counters where he was not welcome, boycotting b...