"Of course Christians should render unto Cesar, but faith based charities all do a better job than the government. I am not a Pat Robertson fan, but when we are in Va. Beach we see truck after truck on the road, going out to help others less fortunate."
Very correct, but to base this in the Bible. These democrat preachers argued as follows. Jesus spoke of helping the poor. Paul talked about how Christians should support government since it was established by God. From this they concluded that one should support high government taxation to provide for those less well off. They also argued Christians should support higher taxation even if the government was corrupt and wasteful, increasing the level of taxation to offset the corruption and waste.
But these democrat preaches ignored the Parable of the Talents. In this parable, the man who failed to act as a good steward had wealth taken from him and was driven from the house.
That said, I fully expect to see the arguments of these democrat preachers at the national level.
Agreed!