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[–] 35 points 3 months ago (15 children)

Same reason religions demand you tithe but refuse to pay taxes, even though they don’t deny Christ said, “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and render unto God what is God’s,” which is to say, fulfil your obligations to the government before fulfilling your obligations to God.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    What part do you think is wild exactly? The rendering or the same reason bit?

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago* (10 children)

    That's not what that verse means. It means leave government stuff to government and God centered stuff to God. He was differentiating between God and the government.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    That’s certainly not a “wild understanding” as the other commenter describes it. I’ve heard that interpretation taught since I was a child to mean pay your taxes. And what are these religions telling you not to pay your taxes?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    I think the use of "before" is debateable.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    I love how there are so many meanings, and everyone believes theirs is the right one.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    My dissertation chair wrote a book partially on this subject. He pointed out that the Qamranites (like John the Baptist) preached that everything in the holy land belonged to god and nothing belonged to caesar. In that vein, "render unto caesar that which is caesar's and render unto god that which is god's" translates to "fuck caesar". Personally I have no dog in the fight, but this interpretation is a lot more fun.

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