In any event, I consider submission to authorities to be a good thing, and I try to do it. I don’t accept everything that the Bible says, and I might be accused of picking and choosing the parts that I like and rejecting the rest. I do pick and choose, but I’m selecting those things that are consistent with my understanding of who God is. I certainly don’t like much of what I have to do in submission to authority, like keeping my dogs on leashes when I’d rather let them run free, obeying the posted speed limit when everyone else is driving faster, sitting in my office when I’d rather be working from home, etc.