[Vision2020] Taxes and the Intoleristas

[Tom Hansen]

Concerning churches and taxes -

 

I could paraphrase Steven Wilkins' belief in taxes, but that would be
difficult for me and would open myself to criticism and mangled
interpretation.  So, why not just have you fine people hear it from Mr.
Wilkins himself.

 

http://www.tomandrodna.com/Transfer/Wilkins_Taxes.wav

 

Enjoy,

 

Tom Hansen

Just another tax payer who doesn't mind doing his part

 

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
exist very nicely in the same box. 

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Rose et. al.

This was an excellent elucidation of your position.

Remember, though, that many who think as Wilson does, and this includes
millions of fundamentalist evangelicals in America, believe that God bestows
the rights of the State, with God coming first.  They do not look at the
State and God as separate authorities with each authority having a different
and appropriate realm of command, as it were.  This is the secularization,
the removal God of government, that many evangelicals are rebelling against.
This is a very commonly held position today, placing Wilson more into the
mainstream of current American Christianity, than I think some people
realize.  There is a very large group of activist evangelicals in America,
again, millions of them, who want God in government, and are working towards
that end 

It is against the religious beliefs of people who think in this manner to
view taxation by government as an issue than can be separated from the moral
command and authority of God, regardless of the statement you quoted
allegedly spoken by Christ, that appears to suggest government and religion
operate with separate claims and authority.

Ted Moffett

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