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To: reasonisfaith
The requirement that Christians help the poor is a moral requirement, for the purpose of glorifying and pleasing God. A moral decision can only be made in the context of freedom of choice.

That's not true. You are free to decide how to spend the money you don't pay in taxes. And let's face it, you're only paying a percentage. There's plenty left over to give to the poor, if you would just do it.

Taxation by the government through force is entirely separate and in fact contrary to this.

1.) Nothing prevents you from doing both.

2.) Jesus said to pay your taxes.

3.) No one has yet provided me with any quote that indicates that Jesus would have disapproved of the government helping the poor.

67 posted on 03/03/2014 4:14:08 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: A_perfect_lady

If you look at your posts, you will see you have nothing that shows Jesus wants us to pay taxes to help the poor.

You have shown that paying taxes has nothing to do with the commandment to love our neighbor or to help the poor.

The message of Jesus is that righteousness and coercion don’t mix—they always oppose each other.


78 posted on 03/04/2014 5:04:10 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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