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Hmmm, thinking about my bible study, don't remember taxes being classified as stealing, more a sacred duty as in the temple taxes and sacrifices or a necessary evil in paying taxes to Rome.I am talking to you about what I believe. I do not believe Jesus would make a distinction. I do not think he would be upset if a government reflected his values of feeding the hungry or healing the sick. I think he would frown on being so attached to your money that people went hungry. We can project our beliefs on Jesus all day, I suppose, but even in his day taxes were an ever present thing and his opinion was that you should just pay them and get on with trying to live in grace and humility. What's all the money in the world if it costs your soul?I had an incredibly strict southern baptist upbringing, I know everything I need to know about christian hypocrisy and how at odds it is with how Jesus apparently wanted us to live. Jesus did not give a damn about money, status, earthly power or any of the shit RW Christians seem to worship these days. He told us to go the extra mile to help out the less fortunate, until you "Christians" start to actually do that we must have social programs to feed people. He said "What you do to the least of you, you do to me". More people are dumping Christianity every day because of how mean and angry it has become, I did it years ago.Whatever lets you sleep at night. Jesus was not fond of rationalizations either. He knows you would rather keep your taxes for your own personal enrichment than feed hungry people.
You are making shit up, and dude, you are terrible at making shit up. It sounds like the result of an Obama, Reid, Pelosi circle jerk.
Christianity, which you know nothing about, is not about keeping people technically alive. It's not charity either when you give other people's money or when their money is removed by force. There is zero in the bible to support that Jesus would advocate that
I was baptized a Southern Baptist also. Here's an easy question for you. Give me one example where Jesus gave credit to anyone for anything that they didn't personally do.
You know, like government charity.
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Considering that conservatives give more time and money to charity while the left gives money to the goverment to get wasted, lost and stolen....who actually tries to help the poor.........? And stealing is against God's laws.....and taking from someone to give to another, with the threat of violence if they don't surrender the money......and then take credit for it at the same time.....not what God had in mind.......