George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends (a.k.a the Quakers), had a Christian variant on this, which I'll quote - because quoting things is fine, it's still not in opposition to making them your own! :<p>"You will say Christ saith this, and the Apostles say this, but what canst <i>thou</i> say?"<p>As he saw it, it was not acceptable to point to scripture and say you were just following orders. You were called to be a friend of Christ, who understands what your friend wants, and wants the same. (That's the point of John 15:15, though it's obviously not John 15:15 doing the calling.) So your judgements should be able to stand on their own.