The answer
This word has been associated in the minds of many — especially young men — with connotations of having a weak character and being debased by others; whether parents, mentors, community leaders, and whether at school, at work, or in the Church. They see the concept of obedience as an expression of the desire of leaders to control, and to impose their opinions and experience on others. This produces low self-esteem and the desire to rebel, so to speak, if not through overt behavior, at least through internal repression.
Why does God require obedience of us? Does obedience require that the right to engage is dialogue be set aside? Does God call us to blind obedience? What is the purpose of obedience? Does God call us to live in subjugation? Such questions drive us to distinguish between the greatness of biblical obedience and blind obedience, and to correct misconceptions about obedience.
Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty