Jesus is Against the Estate Tax.
I am pretty sure when you lie about what Jesus said, you are going straight to Hell.
“Now, after someone dies and someone comes in and steals from them, we consider that in most society reprehensible. … But when the government comes in, because we have the power to pass laws and legalize theft that otherwise would be considered reprehensible, it’s okay. But it is not okay. … Jesus never advocated the government go steal. He said ‘you do it. Do it with your own money, don’t steal it from somebody else.’ And that is why this should not pass”
Jesus Christ, Son of God, never said anything of the sort. Sure, you personally shouldn’t steal, and Jesus endorsed that Commandment, but Christ actually said “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Mark 12:7 (King James). Jesus also said “It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:23.
Personally, I have found politicians that seek to argue that God is on their side or that wear their religion on their sleeve know very little about what they are talking about. Mr. Gohmert has probably never read what Jesus has said. Yet he pretends to speak for Jesus.
Jesus was the original DFH. Get used to it.
You are inviting a shitstorm by mentioning “render unto Caesar.” There is a spin on that story for anything you care to believe.
For me, it means:
“Shut up, pay your taxes, and keep praying. And for God’s sake don’t start stabbing centurions over taxes; or we will all get crushed like bugs.”
My interpretation is that God does not care about taxes or the government, so to say that He does is a misrepresentation. Jesus was indeed saying shut up, pay your taxes and worry about your own relationship with God.
I don’t think Jesus had His head in the clouds as much as portrayed. It was a pretty canny answer, considering that the penalty for advocating tax evasion was death, and everywhere Jesus went there were moles trying to trap Him into saying something illegal.
I’m not sure how much of a deterrent the death penalty was for Him though, but He had a whole people to think of. He didn’t want to lead a suicidal revolution.
They wingnuts may have a point. He didn’t say “The meek shall inherit 60% of the earth” now did He?
Until quite recently women (mostly the people who survive to inherit) under the Anglo tradition of law had no right of inheritance at all, while they were provided for in the succession of inheritance of the Jewish Law that Jesus was raised in. So if Jesus is developing n opinion about our inheritance laws, He’s pretty late to the party. 😀
Is Gohmert quoting from the new conservative Bible we’ve been hearing about?
DD, that’s a great picture of Jesus you have. He looks like he’s on stage at the Comedy Store. “I just flew in from Nazareth and boy are my arms tired! Wow, what a great crowd!”
He was talking about Jesus Martinez. He’s an undocumented alien who is working the fields in Texas.
Isn’t that buddy Jesus from Kevin Smith’s Dogma movie?
Speaking of people who don’t know the Bible, get a load of this piece of crap:
Jesus = Charlie Brown Christmas special?
The mayor in this story is the mayor of Arlington, Tennessee, Russell Wiseman.
Nice little racist Mayor Wiseman. Notice his endorsement of slavery at the end there.
I wonder if he’ll tell us what Jesus thinks of the Republicans.