Jesus On Taxes

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  • Ned Netterville

Jesus On Taxes Feb 18, 2015

Excerpts from a forthcoming ebook by the same title: INTRODUCTION This essay contains three hypotheses. The primary thesis is: Contrary to what most people have been taught by church and government leaders, Jesus did not condone taxation nor endorse the concept of nation-states with human rulers when he said “render unto Caesar therefore the things which are Caesar’s.” If we succeed in persuading readers of that one point, and we are confident all who come with an open mind will be persuaded, our research, writing and prayers will be vindicated. The second hypothesis is this: Jesus taught and lived by principles...

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THE CULT OF KEYNES Jan 7, 2015

President Obama, Treasury Secretary Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, as well as most politicians and many college professors, adhere to the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes, and champion policies prescribed by those theories. Keynes’ economic theories were published in his magnum opus, the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money in 1936. Nobel-prize winner, tenured Princeton professor, and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is Keynes’ best known disciple in America today. Keynesianism, however, is not economics; it’s a religious cult. The mantras of  Keynesian cultists are monetary inflation and government spending. Keynes once wrote that an increase...

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RENDER UNTO CAESAR–AS ON MARCUS BORG’S BLOG Jan 2, 2015

"The question put to Jesus was a trap. Either a yes or no answer would have gotten Jesus in trouble. ‘Yes’ would have discredited him with those who found the imperial domination system reprehensible and unacceptable. ‘No’ would have made him subject to arrest for sedition.”--Marcus Borg (New-Testament Scholar)   Mr. Borg, in this regard you are surely mistaken. The question was indeed a trap, but only because the questioners were confident Jesus would condemn Caesar's tribute tax, which would give them cause to hand him over to Pilate as a tax resister and certain death. This is made explicit...

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