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Come for the memes, stay for the tax advice (aussie.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 182 points 10 months ago (33 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.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 10 months 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 54 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Erdosan 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You are really crossing a line here with your comment!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought he kinda nailed it

[–] indepndnt 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He definitely spearheaded this comment thread.

[–] atx_aquarian 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Are we resurrecting these old puns again?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It's a thorny topic, but it certainly will rise again.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

At least they arent crossing a man.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months 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.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exactly what my dad said when I tried to teach him about pirating media lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Caeaers dead, dad.

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[–] UsernameIsTooLon 81 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The Bible actually says to shut up and pay your taxes without complaining lmao. Wonder who wrote that?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Yeah, you can bet your ass the Pope wanted everyone paying up.

[–] Chadarius 56 points 10 months ago

There is very specifically tax fraud issues in the Bible. Mostly by tax collectors themselves. Lots of other places where it says to follow the laws of government.

The meme does encapsulate the views of a crap ton of fake Christians though.

[–] Viking_Hippie 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't really discourage rape or slavery either, though. It's not a good manual for modern society.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're mostly correct about slavery, but rapists got stoned to death. Deuteronomy 22.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK they had to pay 50 shekels and marry the woman they raped right?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I suppose I shouldn't have left out that detail. Raping an unbetrothed virgin doesn't get the same treatment as raping another man's wife. I'd still say paying a fine and never being able to divorce counts as "discouraging" rape, but... damn.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wasn't JC kind of nice to slaves or sth?

[–] Viking_Hippie 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Idunno, probably? Being nice to the downtrodden seemed to be more or less his thing when he wasn't telling people that he was his own imaginary sky daddy 🤷

Pretty sure he didn't actually FREE all the slaves or even told slavers to please do so, though. Spartacus is a much better role model than Jesus in that aspect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Here, here! Jesus just did lame stuff like die on a cross. He could have saved a bunch of slaves sometime around 30 AD, specifically in the region of Roman occupied Israel. That would have been more important for the history of humanity.

[–] Viking_Hippie 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I can't tell if you're being genuine or sarcastic. If it's the former, I completely agree.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For the time, maybe. But the few times slavery is mentioned in the NT the focus is on treatment of slaves, not abolition. And even then, for slave owners who didn't follow Christian teachings, slaves were basically told to suck it up and get back to work (1Peter 2:18). Paul appears to free Onesimus in the book of Philemon (although I can't tell if his intended meaning is literal), and it's also worth noting that Christian nations were the first to abolish chattel slavery, but it'd be a stretch to say the Bible directly discourages slavery.

[–] Viking_Hippie 9 points 10 months ago

Actually, the first nation to abolish chattel slavery was Haiti, which was NOT a Christian nation at the time. The country as we know it today was literally founded through a successful slave revolt!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is a verse in the Bible which specifically says you have to follow the law unless it conflicts with the Bible.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

Render unto Cesar that which is Cesar's.

[–] FlightyPenguin 14 points 10 months ago

Lots of people are mentioning the Caesar thing, but nobody has mentioned that tithe is also a tax, and there is plenty said about that. Malachi 3:8, for example.