27 Feb '15 22:00>
Is this the jesus character saying there are certain worldly things religion and god should keep their hands off? Or was he avoiding a problem?
Originally posted by OdBodI don't think He (not a "jesus character", but Jesus himself!) would go that far. Certainly, if the tax level were unbearable (which it rarely is, certainly not in the modern Western world), the church should have something to say about it and not leave all the shouting to right-wing rabble-rousers.
Is this the jesus character saying there are certain worldly things religion and god should keep their hands off? Or was he avoiding a problem?
Originally posted by Shallow BlueThe government is supposed to be the servant of the people. Even though the government needs the return of Caesar's coins from the people to serve the people well, the people must not forget that they are created in the image of God and belong to God and should serve God.
I don't think He (not a "jesus character", but Jesus himself!) would go that far. Certainly, if the tax level were unbearable (which it rarely is, certainly not in the modern Western world), the church should have something to say about it and not leave all the shouting to right-wing rabble-rousers.
What he was saying - and IMO this is clear fro ...[text shortened]... by giving a reasonable answer instead of, as they hoped, going for the extremist point of view.
Originally posted by OdBodHe avoided a trap, not a problem.
Is this the jesus character saying there are certain worldly things religion and god should keep their hands off? Or was he avoiding a problem?