Yes, # , many ideologies might have adherents who follow convictions that are beneficial , but I think the context was the accusation that my faith is harmful , though I have not gone all the way back to check it for exactness.          Very briefly , bill ....you more or less understood right. When the apostles were arrested for preaching Christ, the authorities ordered them "not to teach or preach in that name again". They replied " judge for yourselves if we should obey God or men ". Individual Christians might not draw the line in exactly the same place but that is the general principal.       Now that does not mean attacking abortionists , or bombing their shops for example, but it does mean that a nurse might prefer to risk losing her job rather than be party to killing an unborn child. That was an example not an attempt to steer the thread elsewhere btw.