Quote:
Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
Jesus did approve of feeding money to the State, did he not?
|
He did.
"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s."
Handed a coin of the realm, he examined it and found that it had Caesar's name on it, and basically declared that this was something of earthenly concerns while his concern was the Kingdom of God.
But if that ain't enough:
Luke:
Quote:
21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
21:4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
|
The poor widow paying more than her share of taxes is praised; the temple filled with riches is not a substitute when earthenly concerns are left to rubble.
Quote:
|
And did not Jesus speak favorably of the freedom that is the human birthright?
|
[citation needed]