Never ceases to amuse me that "Christian" Republicans are ignorant about Jesus' teaching on money

[vlyons]

Oh they know the "Render unto Caesar" bit. But how many ever contemplated:

Acts2:44-45 "All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need."

Matthew 19:21 "Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me."

Not that early Christians were communists. But they did live communally.

BTW: It was Judas, who carried the money bag during Jesus ministry. John 12:6 "He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it."

[LakeArenal]

1. Ignorant is right for sure.

I’m not even sure they believe in Jesus’ teachings.

[Faux pas]

2. They

use religion as a weapon PERIOD.

[JHB]

3. What never ceases to amuse /me/ is the syncretism they engage in...

...blending Christianity, nationalism, and extreme libertarian capitalism even as they decry ecumenicism as a kind of syncretism that pulls the faithful away from "true" Christianity.

Especially since while Christianity gets the most lip service, it's the one that loses when it comes into conflict with the other two.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. And those aren't the only ones. He is quoted iver and

over again about what a trap money is.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. They are not ignorant on this subject...

there isn't a christian alive who doesn't know the "camel and the eye of a needle" scripture. They are willfully blind when it comes to scripture they don't agree with. Hell, they don't even bother with the Ten Commandments anymore and instead use Jesus's "saving grace" as and excuse to commit sins.

[DSandra]

6. They are not Christians, they are heretics, Calvinism is not Christian

And their views of money come from Calvinism

[Xolodno]

7. Yes, they know the "render unto Caesar"....

...but what baffles me, why don't they understand it? It's about fucking TAXES. Rome wants to tax you....pay the damn tax.

[sanatanadharma]

8. Render onto Caesar

Jesus as a know-er of truth understood that we miss the mark when mixing up the worldly-temporal with the constant-transcendent.

It is as though true that God needs nothing from the creation and we need to stop using God to justify godlessness.

God is a widely used, often abused but rarely defined word.
Small wonder the godless good guys tear their hair when confronting hypocrisy within theology.

Politics is morality and ethics; it is a difficult science.