You certainly could claim that you proved your point if your claim is that I somehow allow dominion over me by those "earthly rulers" you claim wrote a book, but no "rulers" wrote the book. The book (or more accurately books) were written for the most part by prophets (akin to street people) and other rabble.
The Authorized
King James Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and first published in 1611 by the
Church of England. The Great Bible was the first
"authorized version" issued by the Church of England in the reign of
King Henry VIII. In January 1604,
King James I of England convened the Hampton Court Conference where a new English version was conceived in response to the
perceived problems of the earlier translations as detected by the Puritans, a faction within the Church of England.
So either you believe in the modern versions of the bible which have been bastardized by kings and royalty for self serving ends....
OR
you believe in the OLD TESTAMENT - kill babies, smash women, let your daughter be raped, we love INCEST! version of the bible, which was written by DIRECT servants of Kings... Like say... Ezra and Nehemiah who wrote the books from Judges to Job, and were essentially very close servants of a Persian king. (Basically Nehemiah was a akin to a butler)
So... either A. You're just wrong.
or
B. You're an asshole who believes in extreme violence, force, and evil... AND you're wrong.
There is the exception being what was written (or claimed to have been written) by king Solomon, but most was written by the little people who can only make the claim to be "historians".
Well, there's the influence of THIS King too...
and then there is also the theory that the entire bible was sanctioned and requested by the ruling authority of the day specifically to keep the rabble in line and create a form of 'higher' law to keep people scared and obedient as well as to help solve certain problems of disease and crime.
Now if your claim is that historians have some kind of "authority" or that I have granted these dead men "authority" over me, then hey, you won. Congratulations. If it were true that I have granted dead men authority over me, then I still am miles ahead of those of the religion of statism as my "authorities" are dead and cannot hurt me (unless you believe that ghosts are real...)
You've used the metal from one cage to pick the lock of another. Unfortunately, you are still in a cage, at least you are admitting it now. That's a step.
Also, I've stated that I don't take my beliefs 100% from any books. I take most of my belief in a Creator from my own personal experiences and observations...
Inaccurate statement really. You have taken normal experiences and observations and attributed them to a creator, most likely because you were initially indoctrinated with religion. Chicken and Egg really.... and guess what... The egg came first, because the chicken isn't the first animal to lay eggs.