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Disobedience

Disorder (See CONFUSION.)

Achan

defies God’s ban on taking booty. [O.T.: Joshua 7:1]

Adam and Eve

eat forbidden fruit of Tree of Knowledge. [O.T.: Genesis 3:1–7; Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]

Antigone

despite Creon’s order, she buries Polynices. [Gk. Lit.: Antigone]

Bartleby

copyist in Wall Street office; refuses to do anything but copy documents. [Am. Lit.: “Bartleby the Scrivener”]

Brunhild

disobeys father’s order to let Siegmund die. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Valkyrie, Westerman, 237]

Saul

contravening God, takes spoils from conquered Amalekites. [O.T.: I Samuel 15:17–19]

Vashti, Queen

loses queenship for not submitting to king’s demands. [O.T.: Esther 1:10–22]

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He stated this at the 21-day fasting and prayer of the church, stating that disobedience was the reason Nigeria was confronted with challenges.

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It's time for civil disobedience,' the Suba South MP said.

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Umali, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, and House Majority Leader Rodolfo Farinas filed disobedience to summons case against De Lima, alleging that De Lima induced Dayan from appearing in the House hearings.

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They must learn to engage in "intelligent disobedience.

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He considered his refusal an act of civil disobedience in response to what he claims is a plan by the government to write-off a AaAaAeA@1/47.

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In a statement, he said that political parties never provoked the people for civil disobedience against the elected government.

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The criterion for intelligent disobedience is similar: to not obey if obeying is likely to produce harm.

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Before that leap, I had confined my peacemaking efforts to praying, lobbying, lecturing, writing, and marching, while turning down many opportunities for nonviolent civil disobedience with a firm, "Not me.

On the fence: is civil disobedience breaking the law or living out God's plan?

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Drawing on the concept of intelligent disobedience used in guide dog training that teaches them how to recognize and resist a command that would put their owners at risk, Chaleff, an executive coach and consultant, explains when and how to disobey inappropriate orders in any type of work or setting.

Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You're Told to Do Is Wrong

Thus, there are many alternatives to civil disobedience that will get your point across--legally.

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15--A number of employees working in government institutions in Yemen's southern governorates participated in a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience on Monday, lasting from 6 a.