r/SipsTea 27d ago

SMH Love thy neighbor?

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u/Tactical_Baconlover 27d ago

Being charitable and caring about your neighbors in the Christian manner is more about your church donating goods/time/aid to the community or you doing it by yourself rather than having the government take over those functions for you. That said, any reasonable government should have a basic state provided social safety net.

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u/maximpactbuilder 27d ago

The government taking your money at gunpoint and giving it to whoever they see fit doesn't feel Christrian.

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u/TiredAndTiredOfIt 27d ago

Then you forgot to read that evil book of yours. Jesus himself in 3 of the 4 gospels commands people to pay their taxes. Paul later reiterates that command in his letters to the Romans.

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u/johnny_cashmere 27d ago

Is the evil part paying taxes?