True, but he didn’t say that paying taxes would get you off the hook for helping your neighbor and taking care of the poor.
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Worx@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Yeah, Jesus actually said you should pay taxes. Give Ceaser’s things to Ceaser and God’s things to God.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Lemmynated@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yeah and taking care of each other ain’t Caesar’s, so he can get his grubby mitts of it.
davidagain@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You really think Jesus would be against things like free healthcare, income support, things like that? You think he’d rather people voted for politicians who promise to cut welfare? You count cutting welfare as helping your neighbour and taking care of the poor and needy? Because it looks a lot like making things harder for your neighbour and not giving a shit about the poor and needy from where I’m sitting.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
/s no see you’re not getting it, you cut all that stuff, but you also volunteer for a couple hours on Sunday so that you get to feel good about yourself. Nevermind how we scale that up to cover everyone you silly billy
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Well there’s the grain dole but that was in Rone the city
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 months ago
I’ve read an adjusting book that suggests the apostle Paul, or Saul of Tarsus was a Roman plant, a double agent meant to divide the Christian sect.
From his sudden conversion to all subversive things he wrote in his letters, it seems like he’s introduction subservience to Rome into the creed.
Read in that manner, he would be amazed that not only the christians embraced those aspects of his, but that they in time managed to become the main faith of the Roman empire and supercede it by a mile.
boramalper@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Interesting! What’s the book’s name?
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 months ago
It’s called ‘Alias Paulus’ bij Thijs Volskuilen. Unfortunately it’s not translated in english.