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Christian family fined after arguing taxes 'against God's will'
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RE: Christian family fined after arguing taxes 'against God's will'
(July 18, 2019 at 5:18 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Christian family fined after arguing taxes 'against God's will'

A Christian family who refused to pay income tax because it went "against God's will" have been ordered to pay more than A$2m (£1.1m $1.4m) to Australia's tax office.
Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot and Fanny Alida Beerepoot, of Tasmania, had not paid income tax since 2011.
Their farm was seized and sold by their local council in 2017 after they failed to pay seven years-worth of rates.

Mr Beerepoot had argued that the law of God is the "supreme law of this land" and making people pay tax was weakening their dependency on God, an act which was leading to "curses... in the form of droughts and infertility".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-austral...ting-story




Hmmm... I'm no expert in the bible, but isn't there something about "Render unto Caeser that which is Caesers" which I think was refering to taxes

  You are exactly right, Jesus told the religious leaders in Jerusalem that people were to pay their taxes and this is why. We are to be good stewards of the government and in doing so people can find no fault in our actions. Jesus also knew that countries can't run on goodwill it takes money to provide for the citizens of that country. Now I imagine you are wondering why the church doesn't pay taxes, well the government itself made that particular law not the church. Also it would be double taxing the same money because the people have already paid taxes on that money. Jesus said to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's. He did not say that Caesar should tax the people twice on the same money. That would be an unfair practice against individuals because of their personal belief.

GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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RE: Christian family fined after arguing taxes 'against God's will' - by Godscreated - July 22, 2019 at 2:35 am

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