Quit paying your taxes and do so defiantly....You'll eventually be held at the point of that sword.When did Christ ever say to force your neighbor, at sword point if necessary, to help the poor?
Whatever happened to "thou shall not covet..."?
first, there is no sword point, unless there is a sword point that made me pay for the iraq war or the post office....or the big bank ceo's bonus and mega salary.... and i just don't see it in such a melodramatic way Dude....though i suppose i do understand the point you all are trying to make when the term sword point or gun point is used.
Wanting to help those of the least among us in our society is not coveting one iota, you misunderstand the term if you think it does....no?
coveting someone else's goods is desiring that new car that your neighbor has or desiring those new shoes your girlfriend has, or wanting that monstrous house that your boss owns, or wanting that hot beautiful wife of someone else.
Wanting to help the needy or sick get by is not coveting anything Dude... or Divecon...since you thanked him for the post?
Anyway...as a Christian, one is a Christian 100% of the time, in all that they do, they try to do good in every opportunity. And I personally never say to myself, i am doing good because of Christ or even mention his name or give him glory for my own good works or daily routine....this is something that is inbred in to my character, not something that can be dropped like a dime, or like a person switching hats....it is IN ME, to do good at every opportunity....and i see helping the needy with my tax monies as just one of those opportunities...and i am not even thinking about Jesus...not out loud, perhaps subconsciously? But i do NOT want one dime of my money spent on unnecessary wars and killing other people...NOT A DIME....but GUESS WHAT? It goes there...it is spent on killing others, and many innocent, collateral damage, others, and there is not a damn thing i can do about it because our congress's majority has voted to send money in that direction....
i still don;t see that as them holding a sword or gun to me, to make me pay for it....?
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What others did to violate the faith is irrelevant.
The top 2 percent get away with not paying their fair share all the time. No sword, no gun.