So which government do you think operates outside its constitution? That’s a claim I would not even make about the Trump government (yet). Canada’s government certainly operated according to its constitution when it granted an ex-Guantanamo-prisoner a high compensation, which seems to be one of the OP's grievances:Oh you say you get it, from a snippet I provided and then proclaim for me something entirely that had nothing to do with what I said.
I have no issue with paying taxes according to the Constitution.
I absolutely do not like doling over my wealth to a Government who operates outside of the Constitution.
“In 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada sternly rebuked the government. It found that the interrogation of Mr. Khadr by Canadian intelligence officials at Guantánamo “offends the most basic Canadian standards about the treatment of detained youth suspects.” Separately, another court, the Federal Court of Canada, also found that the Conservative government had violated Mr. Khadr’s rights by not actively seeking his return. (…) After announcing the settlement, Mr. Goodale acknowledged that some Canadians would not like having the government pay money to a man they viewed as a Terrorist. But he said that the country could not deny the wrongdoing by its officials.“You may want to dismiss the rule of law and the Constitution,” Mr. Goodale told reporters in Ottawa. “But if you do that, you are fundamentally undermining the integrity of the country.” "
Canada Apologizes and Pays Millions to Citizen Held at Guantánamo Bay
Sorry, but you must have overlooked that I went out of my way not to make a sweeping statement about you personally.So Please do not make broad sweeping statement for me.
Uh huh...So, do you think Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Grant, Franklin....owned the Bills that contains their image. And you pay to them what is theirs?
You obviously do not understand, Caesar "owned" all the coins with his image.
And in the US, we don't have a Caesar, but a President, and no President OWNS coined or paper issue.
Here you ignore much the historical context and thereby the message of rendering to Caesar. In His answer Jesus cunningly both denies being a tax-resisting Zealot and implies that those interrogating him are guilty of blasphemy for even owning such an idolatrous coin. Doesn’t it say “In God we trust” on American money? What perversion, the God that’s probably worshipped most in the US is Mammon!
Huh? The USA is RICH?
You have got to be kidding!
The US Government has over twenty TRILLIONS of dollars of DEBT and climbing by seconds exponentially.
Surely you don't think DEBT constitutes a measure of WEALTH!
Do you have any clue what "poverty" in the US means? Because I would have loved to be in what defines US "poverty" growing up.
Of course America is rich. Nobody would have lent that amount of money to a poor (***)-country like Haiti. Question is where it all that money went. Certainly not into the well-being of the millions of Americans live on less than $2 a day (How Poor Are America’s Poorest? U.S. $2 A Day Poverty In A Global Context)
Whether US-Bonds will continue to be considered a reliable investment with the Trump government’s tax reform remains to be seen. And I’m afraid these millions of Americans will have to pay for it with their foodstamps.
As far as I know its founders never meant the US to become a theocracy but were driven by the ideas of enlightenment. However, here is what the Bible deems just: “This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.” (Jeremiah 22:3)A fair society? Our Laws that governs society was never designed to be based on Fairness, but rather was based on Biblical standards and principles of what is JUST. Probably why we have a JUSTICE system, and not a "subjective" FAIRNESS system.
For more examples: Leviticus 19: 15; Amos 5; Isaiah 1:16-17; Isaiah 58:6-7; Zechariah 7: 9; Micah 6:8; Proverbs 29:7; Ezekiel 22:6-7 …
Well, I’d say in both instances the grass is greener on my side. But of course there are still countries that are much closer to the goal that Paul formulated in the very chapter from which you quoted: equality/fairness (2 Corinthians 8:13-15)That's nice. But then the grass always appears greener, when one is not abreast of what they Speak of being so willing to jump into.
Bottom line Scripturally, Giving is according to ones heart, not out of necessity.
It seems you've forgotten who's no better than a pagan. In my mind 1 Tim. 5:8 and Matthew 5:46-48 don't contradict each other.And not to forget...WHO is worse than an unbeliever....
1 Tim 5:8
God Bless,
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