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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 169 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Didn't Jesus say something along the lines of "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's"? Sounds to me like he was pro taxes.

[–] xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.org 62 points 2 years ago

Matthew 22:20,21: He said to them: “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said: “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them: “Pay back, therefore, Caesar’s things to Caesar, but God’s things to God.”

[–] dreadedsemi@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He probably didn't want to get crucified for encouraging tax evasion.

[–] Erdosan@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You are really crossing a line here with your comment!

[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

At least they arent crossing a man.

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Duh, because in the Bible he was crucified for blasphemy so if he ended up crucified for tax evasion the whole story would have fallen apart.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Didn't stop fundamentalists from retroactivity trying to create links of "prophecy" all throughout the OT for shit that wasn't even remotely related or intended as such.

They'd just have claimed he wasn't killed for tax evasion, no problems there for the fundies.