Actually that wasn't what Jesus was saying at all. When he said "Render under Caesar what is Caesar's and render undo God what is his" he was drawing a clear line of separation between church and government. He wasn't telling people to pay war taxes, and he wasn't telling people to think about what was rightfully thiers. He was saying that they should follow the laws of man, but only when they don't violate the laws of god. He was saying that church should never be in government and government should never be in church.
He kicked over the tables, but they weren't tax collector tables. They were money changer tables. These were nothing more than currency exchanges so people could change the Dinarius coin of Rome (used to pay taxes) into the sheckels for the temple. He also turned over the tables of those who were selling animals for sacrifice because of it's commercialism. --- In [email protected], "steven linnabary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- 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/
