Jesus statement was not a clever catch 22, it was a simple statement.

You say the money wasn't Ceasars' because his claim to collect taxes was spurious. When you live in a country, you enjoy it's protection, its roads, its police protection ect. ect. By not paying the bill for these accoutrement's, you are in effect freeloading.


Jesus' point was simply that practical things have a practical application. By twisting it by bringing in your opinion and some irrelevant quotes, you make the mistake so many do when interpreting scripture. You see what you want to see.


No pastor or biblical scholar would agree with you who didn't have some sort of personal/political agenda. I am not going to get into specifics and pick your argument apart because, really, you simply post distortion and opinion. There is no proof. It is all common sense.


Bro

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Goldwater caused nerve ends to twinge with his passion and indignation. Yet he had no handle to the problems, no program, no solution- except backward to the Bible and the God of the desert. Proud of his handsome, clean-lined family, proud of his radiant children, proud of his families war record and patriotism, he had in him neither the compassion nor the understanding to deal with the faceless newer enemies of the Digital Society -Theodor H. White from 'The Making of the President-1964'