[Maelstorm]

Rick Warren is taking heat from the left for tweeting the truth on Taxes.

[who knows what evil?]

STEALING money from people to provide for the poor is NOT what Jesus had in mind...they sure love the Scriptures when it furthers their agenda, but that talk about homosexuality..? Forgeddabout it!

[MEGoody]

I guess Karoli doesn't like the truth.

By the way, Karoli, Jesus is not saying that Caesar should confiscate money from individuals to take care of the needy. He is saying that YOU should take money out of YOUR OWN pocket to help them.

Demanding that the law force others to "help the needy" is thievery, not compassion.

[Wiser now]

I am endlessly amazed at the leftists who apparently believe that paying their taxes fulfills Jesus’s command to care for the poor, and they need do nothing on a personal level.
Yet what Jesus is calling for here is very personal involvement, one to one, neighbor helping neighbor, the very thing leftists do not want to have to do, become personally involved.

[Siena Dreaming]

I usually don't care much for Warren.

I'm very happy to see him say this.

[BereanBrain]

did anybody mention on the presidential election cycles, that Rick Warren is the MAIN CLOWN giving the DEMS political cover, even though they advocate for Partial birth abortion?

Sorry Rick, some of us have memories longer than 5 minutes and we remember your support of Gore and Clinton.

[Patrick1]

Of course Jesus called Matthew away from being a tax collector to become a disciple. If he loved taxes so much then why would he take away the chief tax collector and place him in ministry?

Taxes have nothing to do with helping the poor. It is about helping six figure bureaucrats. I believe it was Jesus who said the poor you will always have with you.

[bmwcyle]

Rich is right about taxes but he is dead wrong about God and the Bible.

[who knows what evil?]

If I was on the 'left'; I would be a bit concerned about this verse cited in this story...

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."

Yikes!

[chuckles]

The Bible was referring to God’s people, not government. If a hungry person comes to you, God wants the CHURCH to feed them, not point the way to the food stamp office. Taxes are just theft. If taxes got you to heaven, then only the rich would go.

[Ann Archy]

WOW!! That’s the first thing I’ve liked that Rick has said in years!!!!!!<P.Hey lefty bloodsuckers....the TRUTH HURTS!