Jesus and Taxes
I know this isn't really the right time, but I'm just getting tired of politicians of the Grover Norquist mold saying that Americans shouldn't have to pay taxes. So to test the brains of people who feel this way, but are also unabashedly Christian, here's a little word on taxes from the Good Book : Paying Taxes to Caesar 13Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 15Should we pay or shouldn't we?" But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. " Why are you trying to trap me ?" he asked. " Bring me a denarius and let me look at it ." 16They brought the coin, and he asked them, " Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription ?" "Caesar's,...