----- Original Message ----- From: "uncoolrabbit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Why would he kick over the tax collector tables? "Give unto Ceaser > what is Ceasar's." The US goverment prints US currency. If you use > US currency, Jesus would tell you to pay your taxes. He would only > flip the tables over if they were in a temple/church. One could also > argue, to the original question, that he would tell Hispanics that > they owe it to there own country to stay in it and work to change it > for the beter, as if they will not fight for there country's future > no one will. Or.. he might just say take the rastafari way and smoke > a jay to see the light. What do I know Im not a prophet. > The Romans set up their tax collection tables where ever the conquered people met. For the Jews, it was the Temple at Passover. For most other groups it was during the spring equinox. The Romans didn't care too much about conquered lands religion. But they did want to make it easy to pay taxes. They had few public buildings that would be centralized (other than bath houses and forts) and they could count on the conquered to visit. Jesus was not suggesting that all of somebody's money belonged to the government when He said "Give unto Caesar that which is Caesars' ". He was trying to make people think about what is rightfully theirs. If they believed that their money was rightfully the governments, then by all means give it to them. But I seriously doubt that Jesus was telling people to pay war taxes so that they could be more easily subjigated. PEACE Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer Franklin County Libertarian Party (614) 891-8841 P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable" John F. Kennedy ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
