.......Because that was the excuse of the SSmen and other Nazis,
should they also give unto Cesar?
When do you defy the government and autority and stand up for what is right? and WWJD? Would he question authority?
2007-02-03 09:00:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
tim: that's a cop out answer akin to the cop out line from the bible.
2007-02-03 09:05:46 · update #1
utuk: your idiot fellow christians who have interpretation troubles also use that line for not only taxes, which is it's true meaning,
but justified for war, laws, etc.
get with it,
...home schooled I presume........
2007-02-03 09:08:25 · update #2
We are to obey earthly laws unless they keep us from worshiping and serving God.
2007-02-03 09:04:34 · answer #1 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course Jesus questioned the existing authorities.
But he didn't come to deal with the Romans ... at least not at that time.
He came first, to deal with his own, who were the nation of Israel, and the "chosen people" of God.
He called the corrupt Temple officials snakes, and children of the devil, right to their faces.
He overturned the tables of the money changers, and chased them out of the Temple.
He railed publicly and consistently against the false traditions and the hypocrisy of those Jews who were then in power.
He did all of this and more, for a little over three straight years, and hating him for it, the Jews eventually arranged to have their cohorts, the Romans, execute him, because they did not possess the power to do it themselves.
It would be another 300 years or so, before God would begin to deal with the Romans.
First, he converted the emperor. Then, the empire. Then finally, once just about every Roman willing to become Christian had done so, he permitted the Roman empire to be destroyed.
Today, only his Roman Catholic Church remains ... the pillar and ground of his truth, and a living testament to God's power and might, even in the face of human corruption.
Now why weren't you able to see that, all by yourself?
2007-02-03 17:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Jesus advocating paying taxes is exactly the same as torturing 6 million people to death.
Nice critical thinking skills, there. Public school student, I assume?
Ha! Good point. I concede.
2007-02-03 17:05:25 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are supposed to abide by the government's rules of your country - unless they go against your Christian beliefs.
2007-02-03 17:05:37 · answer #4 · answered by The Pope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋