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TIME Author: Jesus Advocated Tax Rates Up to 100%, So Paul Ryan’s Budget Could Be ‘Un-Christian’

TIME Author Erika Christakis Writes in Ideas: Jesus Advocated 50 100% Tax Rate, Therefore Paul Ryans Budget May Be Un Christian

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TIME author Erika Christakis asked readers Tuesday whether Paul Ryan’s budget is “un-Christian,” and whether Christians really should be voting for the Romney-Ryan ticket.

What does she mean?  Christakis began (all subsequent emphasis added):

Americans often tell pollsters they yearn for a return to the Christian principles on which the U.S. was founded. If so, they should take a closer look at the Mitt Romney–Paul Ryan ticket. Jesus’ teachings regarding wealth are nowhere to be found in Ryan’s budget proposal.

As near as we can tell, Jesus would advocate a tax rate somewhere between 50% (in the vein of “If you have two coats, give one to the man who has none”) and 100% (if you want to get into heaven, be poor).  Mostly, he suggested giving all your money up for the benefit of others. And Jesus made no distinction between the deserving and undeserving poor; his love and generosity applied to all.

The author conveniently forgets to mention that Jesus did not advocate giving all your earnings to the government in the hope a percentage of it would benefit the poor — he advocated helping the poor directly.

Newsbusters’ Ken Shepherd also notes that Jesus applauded the tax collector Zacchaeus when he pledged to give back the money he had fraudulently taken from taxpayers.  Jesus did not, at this point, teach how tax rates should be 100%, nor did he tell Zacchaeus that should really give all his money the less fortunate, rather than back to the people who earned it.

TIME Author Erika Christakis Writes in Ideas: Jesus Advocated 50 100% Tax Rate, Therefore Paul Ryans Budget May Be Un Christian

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But Christakis continues:

Theologically informed individuals are beginning to weigh in on the ethics of Ryan’s budget plan. Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of Network, a Catholic social-justice lobby, has called Ryan’s budget proposal “unpatriotic” and “immoral.” As she notes, Ryan’s budget “rejects church teaching about solidarity, inequality … and the common good.” In a recent address at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Campbell observed that it’s the government’s responsibility to control society’s excesses. “In our culture of individualism,” she said, Catholic social teachings can “counter that individualism with a keen knowledge of solidarity.”

Maybe we’re crazy, but doesn’t government controlling the “excesses” of society sounds a little bit more like totalitarianism than Christianity? The religion certainly advocates responsibility and moderation, but through personal responsibility rather than by force through government.

The TIME author and Harvard College administrator concluded:

We’ve heard a lot of Bible-based discussion in this election season, but if we are going to evaluate social policy using so-called Christian principles, why stop at abortion and insurance coverage for birth control?  … It’s one thing to lower taxes for rich people, but these plans actually hurt the poor. That’s not noblesse oblige; it’s cruelty.

One Newsbusters commenter wrote that the left seemingly has the same attitude towards the Bible as towards the Constitution: they are its staunchest advocates when it suits their political ends, otherwise they seem to ignore it.

What do you think?

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(H/T: Newsbusters)

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  • toiletclogga
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:01pm

    Jesus talks of CHARITY! Giving of your own accord. Man, these Libs are dimwits!

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    • jungle J
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:11pm

      they know exactly what theyare doing…they confuse the mentally ill and the greedy.

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    • contkmi
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:23pm

      Plus, I’d like to know where the socialist upheaval will be regarding separation of church and state? Or is it only when it suits their cause?

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    • HKS
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:26pm

      Where do they find these people, unbelievable.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:27pm

      The sweet smell of desperation! If this is all the libs can come up with, then R&R’s chances are looking better by the day!

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:29pm

      Exactly. Jesus did not say that the government should threaten and steal from those who labor and give to those who do not. That is theft, which is against any law of decency.

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    • sWamby
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:31pm

      Well you know, they can’t go back to original translations to figure out that all the crap about giving to Cesar blah, blah, blah was added by king james to justify taxes.

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    • RollyBones
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:46pm

      This woman is Ethically, Morally and Biblicaly challenged! If she had two brains, she would be twice as stupid!!

      Rolly

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    • avgconservative
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:49pm

      Please don’t insult the mentally ill by calling the Liberal Democrats, “Mentally ill.”

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    • gac1218
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:53pm

      Correct! Jesus advocating giving even up to all that you had for advancing the kingdom of God. Not that we should give all of our money to a secular government that doesn’t give a rip about the gospel. But he did tell us to pay our taxes when he told the Pharisees to “render unto Ceaser that which is Ceasars and render unto God that which is God’s.” The twisting of scripture is from the pit and smells like smoke, because Satan tried that with Jesus in the wilderness. “My people perish for lack of knowledge.” If you don’t know His word in these last days you will suffer the consequences of ignorance.

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:05pm

      Time is always my first stop when I look for clarification on Scripture…….

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    • buttpatriot
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:12pm

      jesus hated big government

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    • The Jewish Avenger
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:15pm

      Good thing all of these leftist leaders and lawmakers are dirt poor and never take anything unless they earn it or I’d be afraid that they are just in it to line their pockets and leave just in time for people to point fingers at the leaders that left their country in shambles!

      Oh wait.. .thats exactly what they claim about Bush…
      Too bad the only ones that directly profitted from being president were Democrats…
      I wonder how many planeloads of cash the Oblamas will fly back to Kenya/Indonesia?

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    • Forward
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:16pm

      I WISH that people who want to argue that Jesus wanted us to all act like Progressives would at least address the fact that Jesus did NOT address how a government should act, EVER. Jesus’ teachings focused on a personal, not a collective responsibility to help the poor. Taxes, since they are mandatory, do not fulfill one single shred of one’s personal responsibility to help the poor. If you read and understand the New Testament, rather than cherry pick it for a verse here or there that you think supports your position (see this author for Time or my fav, Lawrence O’Donnell, the Jesuit-trained but clearly failed Christian), you understand that Jesus’ teachings as to the use of your money relates to what you do with what you have control over.

      Jesus said give all YOU have and give to the poor. At no point did he say take all that your neighbor has and give that to the poor. No one else can fulfill our personal responsibility. If I enter a political battle and successfully take everything that Bill Gates has and give that to the poor but keep my IRAs, house and investments intact I am guilty of theft in God’s eyes. Rather than having performed a virtuous act, I have sinned against God’s law.

      This misrepresentation of Jesus’ teachings really does burn me up. If this is anything like what the Muslims feel when they confront sacrilege I begin to understand their anger. I still can‘t imagine acting on that anger and don’t understand them when they kill, but I

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:27pm

      Jesus would advocate a tax rate somewhere between 50% (in the vein of “If you have two coats, give one to the man who has none”) and 100% (if you want to get into heaven, be poor).

      They never dwell on the word “give”, to them it is always “take”. (If you want to get into heaven, be poor). Then, shouldn’t they just let the poor alone so they CAN get into heaven? Conservatives are always giving. Its the Progressives that don’t give of their own money, just our money.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:42pm

      A Modest Proposal: The Case for Fair Trade Porn
      Erika Christakis – Educator, public health advocate, and Harvard College administrator
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erika-christakis/fair-trade-porn_b_1252494.html

      http://erikachristakis.wordpress.com/

      Last time I went to Borders I checked the page count of Time, NewsWeek & other lib mags. News weeks’ page count was down. I figure Time will be the last to fold. but my have they sunk low. Time, Newsweek & U.S. news & World Report were the must reads growing up to stay informed. You don’t need them anymore on line of offline. If those are your major news sources, you are SOL.

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    • pavepaws
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:02pm

      Tragically, many members of the Catholic Church have fallen for the B.S. of social agendas and use the Church for their own political agendas. Many current nuns fall into this category and forget who they actually serve.

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    • wvernon1981
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:41pm

      Render unto Caesar what is Caesar‘s and unto God what is God’s.

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    • drphil69
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:47pm

      So God asks 10% tithe, but Jesus advocates 100% tax rate… hmmm…. how hard will ANYONE work with 100% tax rates??

      YES, LIBERALS ARE THAT DUMB…

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    • Wolfgang the Gray
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:47pm

      Exactly, there is a BIG difference between someone being charitable to another and the government stealing from your pocket to pay their special interest groups. No doubt the Democrats want to make April 15th a national holiday because they feel so much joy when the government takes their cut from the income of the people.

      Also a quick lesson for everyone in Washington. There is no such thing as a tax cut as they define it. I keep hearing Obama and his regime saying “We can’t afford to give them a tax cut”. News flash, that money isn‘t the government’s money, it belongs to the person who earned it with the sweat of their brow. Washington just wants to steal more from our wallets so they say the lie that they can’t keep giving us a tax cut. Think of a burglar breaking into your home and saying “I just can’t afford to let you keep your TV any longer”.

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    • BeeDee
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:27pm

      The Bible also states that “if you don’t work, you don’t eat” but we have a responsibility to take care of those who cannot work, such as old widows and orphans. Community-based charities are much better suited for this type of work, because the community knows who does not try to support themselves, and those who do try. There is a huge difference between assistance and support. What does the Bible say about about serving two masters?

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:26pm

      This is insane! Respect for the truth is gone!

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    • TIME_THE_AVENGER
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:22pm

      they’re not dimwits…they’re future dhimmis.

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    • dmerwin
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:03pm

      I guess I missed this in church. Exactly where does Jesus say, EVERYTHING?

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    • pdw
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:54pm

      Lucifer can quote Scripture for his own benefit

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    • Hollywood
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 6:35am

      Erika and Sister Simone will have an Eternity to contemplate their assinine staements. Typical of share the wealth progs, masquearding as Christians, and twisting the Bible to suit their agenda. satan twisted Gods word in the Garden, and they are doing the same. Sister Simone should spend some time reading the Bible, instead of praying to the dead[Mary], for the dead[purgatory. Qestion Sister: IF Mary was immaculately concieved, as the RC Church teaches,, and did not have original sin,[ and therefore did not require a Saviour], how come she DIED??
      Also please inform us all what Mary meant when she said [Luke 1:47] And my Spirit hath rejoiced in God my SAVIOUR?? Since the RC church teaches she had NO sin,EVER, why would she say this? I suggest Sister, that you help correct the anti-Christian teachings of your Church, before you try to tell us all how we should share. The RC church is busily ROBBING the poor. Sad
      Maranatha

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:55pm

      TIME author Erika Christakis,

      Since you have concerned yourself with the teachings of Jesus, may I suggest you examine what Jesus says about little children. President Obama would advocate the MURDER of his own grandchild: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jszkPtsFH-k

      Obama says babies are a punishment, and his voting record shows that he is in favor of every single sick & depraved way of chopping up and disposing of human babies.

      Jesus, on the other hand, said “Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.”

      and also: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

      and also: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

      Perhaps the question ought to be posed “how can anyone who follows Christ vote for a baby-killer like Obama?”

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    • vadale
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 6:01pm

      I know, This is the stupidest article ever. Rome used money for expansion, not for the poor. Plus it’s TIME mag…..MORONS.

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  • Edohiguma
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:57pm

    Where in the new testament does it say that? I’m an atheist, but I’ve read the bible, and I don’t remember Jesus saying anything along those lines. There is zero historic evidence for this laughable claim. So Ms Christakis is just another opinion maker violating history for her own gain.

    Also, how the heck would she, or anyone else, know what Jesus would say or support today?

    Taxes are forced payments. Christian charity is all about volunteering. If we go by the historic Jesus, based on what we actually know about him, he would more likely drive the tax collectors out of town, instead of having them squeeze more money out of the people, like he did it with the moneylenders in the temple.

    By the way, such tax rates are common in many EU countries and guess what… the money is not enough. The entire EU is effectively bankrupt, despite tax rates that can only be called criminal.

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    • Kathleen
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:48pm

      It’s like giving money to a Gambling Addict and expecting returns.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:49pm

      Oh, stop making sense, would you? You‘re just gonna make a liberal’s brain hurt. ;)

      It IS pretty funny, though, how they despise Christians but then try to bash them over the head with their interpretation of the Bible. They’re quite a pathetic lot, really.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:56pm

      14-15If anyone refuses to obey our clear command written in this letter, don’t let him get by with it. Point out such a person and refuse to subsidize his freeloading. Maybe then he’ll think twice. But don’t treat him as an enemy. Sit him down and talk about the problem as someone who cares

      2 Thessalonians 3

      http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Thessalonians+3&version=MSG

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  • barber2
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:56pm

    Jesus made no “ tax” statements. He had to continually fight against being thought of as a political Messiah . He came to save men’s souls not to put a chicken in every pot. Jesus was a spiritual Messiah not a Karl Marx savior of the ” proletariat.” That is precisely why Jesus and the Marxists part ways: they negate the spiritual and focus entirely upon the material. Marxists despised religion as ” the opiate of the people.” Jesus even said, ” Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s.” Jesus was no political Radical. That‘s Satan’s role for the Rules for Radical Lefties. Big difference.

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    • gac1218
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:15pm

      Sorry Barber but that is incorrect. The pharisees specifically asked Jesus if they should pay taxes to Rome. He asked for a coin and asked whose head was on it, to which they replied, Ceasar. His response, “render unto ceasar that which is caesars and render unto God that which is Gods.” Translation- Pay your taxes and pay your tithe.

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  • FREEDOMoverFEAR
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:56pm

    Blah Blah Blah……..Blah…….Blah

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    • Bigrod58
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:33pm

      Freedom, does this article make you feel BLAH today?

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:01pm

      Poor little Erika Christakis lives in an apartment near Harvard & life is so tough. So she wants to share the wealth. She has multiple graduate degrees but never had a plan for making them work for her. she is a real pretty girl & has pretty degrees & it is a shame that money doesn’t just fall into her lap.

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  • G.E.R
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:54pm

    What do the other fictional characters advocate

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    • Bigrod58
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:03pm

      Well, the good Obama advocates that the Government should take care of the people.

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    • G.E.R
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:30pm

      You need to read the definition of the word fictional

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    • Bigrod58
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:38pm

      GER, there isn’t anything in the Universe more fictional than a good Obama. Worthless POS Obama is a much more truthful statement. I just hate to speak ill of the POTUS.

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    • BeeDee
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:32pm

      nObama talked about being “our brother’s keeper” but the only time that was used in the Bible was when God asked Cain where Abel was, while knowing that Cain had killed him. Cain replied, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Typical lib tactic, duck the question and change the subject.

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  • thibx
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:54pm

    i don’t think you have read enough of the bible. keep reading you might learn something.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:54pm

      ” Mostly, he suggested giving all your money up for the benefit of others. And Jesus made no distinction between the deserving and undeserving poor; his love and generosity applied to all.”

      Well his apostle’s made a distinction between the deserving poor & the nondeserving poor. to paraphrase “Those who will not work shall not eat”. 2 Thessalonians 3. I think the disciples knew Christ much better than a person born 2,000 years later & who would obtain somewhat marketable graduate degrees (Her words).

      “As near as we can tell, Jesus would advocate a tax rate somewhere between 50% (in the vein of “If you have two coats, give one to the man who has none”) and 100% (if you want to get into heaven, be poor)”

      She is really advocating Marx “each according to his means & each according to his needs” & interpreting the Bible her way to do so.

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  • Bluntobj
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:54pm

    So is the Times editor a crypto-christian? :P

    After this good lol I have to shake my head at the pure arrogance and tunnel vision the liberal mind has. I think that the Times editor truly thinks that Christians would embrace a communistic world, and that they could be swayed by describing a non 100% tax rate as “un-christian,“ merely because she called it ”un-christian“ and some religious ”social justice” organization said so!

    I think that those with liberal mindshare believe that because they say something, (anything!) it must then be so, and those who do not agree must be idiots. Isn’t that a form of mental disease like narcissism or delusions of grandeur?

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  • jman-6
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:53pm

    As a Christian I am amzed at all these references to Jesus teaching govt. control. This just tells me they have either not read the Bible or are wilfully distorting HIS Truth! Jesus was and still is the BIGGEST advocate of self-governance. It takes alot of personal responsibility to admit your a sinner and need a Savior. He said in many passages you are responsible for your own actions and helping your brothers/sisters in need. NOT the govt. He said you would be held accountable for your actions at the judgement and no one else! GOD Speed

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    • blackyb
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:09pm

      Now they are trying to hijack Jesus. They have tried to hijack Abraham Lincoln. These people will steal anything that is not nailed down.

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  • IAMMADDOG
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:53pm

    Key words: “As near as we can tell”. Well guess what? They are light years away from being able to tell anything.

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    • taxpro4u03
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:07pm

      EVERYthing with radicals (left AND right) comes with the proverbial ‘disclaimer,‘ which most of the braindead sheeple ’cannot comprhend — i.e. ‘we don’t KNOW, BUT…’ — which means at THAT point the ‘argument’ (agenda-based) is over. — No independently verifiable root source FACTS = ‘opinion.’ — Opinions vary.

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  • Bigrod58
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:52pm

    Time attempting to interpret the Bible is tantamount to the KKK interpreting Martin Luther King.

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    • nightlight
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:55pm

      Dear Time Magazine: Yeshua never advocated giving all to the government for redistribution. Take your lack of knowledge about Messiah and your obvious atheistic disdain for religion elsewhere. If I ever see a Time again- I am using it to line the birdcage.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:52pm

      @ Night…I will report you to the ASPCA :)

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  • lukerw
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:52pm

    Refering to a Roman Coin… Christ said give unto Ceasar what is Ceasars. BUT… this is Not Rome; Money states IN GOD WE TRUST; and the National Debt belongs to the Public!

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    • rcw_68
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:09pm

      “In a recent address at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Campbell observed that it’s the government’s responsibility to control society’s excesses. “In our culture of individualism,” she said, Catholic social teachings can “counter that individualism with a keen knowledge of solidarity.” ‘”

      Sounds like 15th century catholicism to me. Where the church controled everything. I could’ve sworn somewhere, sometime the people of a nation bled and died to get away from totalinarianism.
      Oh yea, now I remember…..THIS NATION DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • hialtitude
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:52pm

    Just when you think these people cannot get more bizarre and grasping and stupid, one of them says something like this. It might help them to actually, you know, READ the scripture they are always “interpreting” to match their Marxist agenda. Jesus addressed taxes once: “Render to Caesar what is Caesar‘s and to God what is God’s.” In other words, “Pay what you owe.” That’s it. Period. No other mention whatsoever about taxes and paying them. Yes, he ministered to taxpayers but it was to call them to repentance just like everyone else he met.

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  • grayling646
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:50pm

    If it looks like desperation. If it smells like desperation. If it quacks like desperation. It must be desperation.

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    • SREGN
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:59pm

      Desperation is a stinky cologne.

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    • barber2
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:04pm

      Am wondering : How dangerous is desperation in the hands of a Far Lefty, anti-capitalist , Alinsky trained desperado ?

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:28pm

      @Barber2

      When the social security offices start buying up hollow point bullets, I think you’ll have your answer…

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  • wingnut1955
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:49pm

    People who do not believe the Bible should never use it to prove their point. It just shows them to be the fool they are. My brother once told me that charity was socialism. This because the Bible teaches us to give to those who are in need. Therefore we are practicing socialism. This guy should be a comedian. This would be funny if it wasn’t so, so sad.

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:48pm

    Pelosi is saying to heck with the unborn. WWJD

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    • skiz
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:56pm

      Time author = MORON. Jesus never said anything close to that!. He says help others, not give away all you have EARNED! Besides what does an atheist know about Jesus? NOTHING!

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    • pashton1229
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:06pm

      The irony and hypocrisy of the left just gets thicker and thicker. Now they‘re using the philosophies of a man that most of them don’t even believe in. They want to use the God card on the issue of taxes…but not same-sex relationships, abortion, free will, promiscuity, etc. Go figure…hmmmmm.

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  • Carlinpa
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:47pm

    RE:”As near as we can tell, Jesus would advocate a tax rate somewhere between 50% (in the vein of “If you have two coats, give one to the man who has none”) and 100% (if you want to get into heaven, be poor).” Why is it that Liberals ALWAYS pervert the word of God for political gain? Oh yeah that’s right , because their spiritual father, satan does the same thing.

    Charity is what Jesus spoke of, Charity is an act of volition under autonomous control, forcefully taking someones money is subjugation NOT charity.

    Liberals are so functionally sub literate on anything of any importance

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    • smokeysmoke
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:50pm

      and the BIBLE ACCORDING TO THE EPA STATES THAT ALL REPUBLICANS ARE SINNERS FOR WANTING TO BURN COAL… come on grow up…

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:46pm

    TIME magazine revealing their unspeakable ignorance once again………

    Liberals toying with scriptures is like a 3 year playing with a gun. It’s just dangerous.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:45pm

    Erika is just a propagandist for the Marxist in chief and these shills will be coming out of the woodwork like maggots from now until November.Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of Network, a Catholic social-justice lobby, has called Ryan’s budget proposal “unpatriotic” and “immoral.” The sister believes in ‘social justice’ that‘s a nonstarter right there because that’s the same BS Barry‘s been pushing on us for almost four years and we’re putting an end to it real soon.

    Sister you don‘t know what you’re talking about so STFU.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:45pm

    Jesus never said anything about giving anything to the government, except “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.”

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:17pm

      This Caesar from Chicago thinks it’s ALL his.

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  • starman70
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:44pm

    This blithering idiot at Time doesn’t know her Bible. Jesus told the rich man to voluntarily GIVE all he had to the poor, he wasn’t advocating government taxation of 100%. Jesus knew that government couldn’t be trusted to handle that much money without it causing corruption, vice and vote buying – - – Sounds like Washington D.C. today!

    I suggest that the Time author Erika Christakis pack up her bags and move to France, where she could be taxed 75% of her income. I bet she would feel good about giving the government that much.

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  • OniMan
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:43pm

    His hero is Ayn Rand the worlds biggest atheist, and he has stated publicly more than once its her philosophy of “Objectivism” is base for his morality…. Of course its not Christian, its the complete opposite!

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    • DLV
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:32pm

      If you’re speaking of Paul Ryan, you’re dead wrong he addressed this very issue in hte interview with Bret Beair. He siad he admired certainly philosophies of hers but does not support her atheistic views. He literally said himself yesterday. Go see for yourself.

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    • OniMan
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 8:15am

      there things. one, learn how to spell correctly. two yes he said that, its called back pedaling. three, he still uses Rand as his guide when developing his moral choices, a guide that is an atheist, no way around that truth….

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  • Larry E
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:41pm

    And where did Erika get her theology training I wonder? It’s amazing that all the progresso-commies who have likely not ever been inside a church in their lives or attended something like Jerry Wright’s “church”, are such experts on the Bible and theology.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:41pm

    Jesus taught generocity, charity and equality with love for all; NOT taxes other than this saying of his when challenged by the Pharissees on taxes, of which in jewish law the priests were excluded:

    “Give unto Caesers what is Caesers; and give unto God what is Gods.”

    Enough of this nonsense about Jesus preaching of socialism and social justice; he did not and may God show you the truth before the day of judgement comes when all shall answer for their deeds.

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    • grimmster
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:48pm

      @Snow.
      You are correct,much like the use the constitution, by twisting its words, all commie atheists do the same with the bible,problem is,most people know its a farse,yet there are still stupid people out there,who cant think on their own, who will believe these idiots,and they are called, obama voters…….

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  • RANGER1965
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:40pm

    Jesus advocated paying Caesar what was due Caesar. He was much more concerned with the coming Kingdom of God.

    If the people of a society are so brain dead as to vote in defilers and evil men who will tax them at 100% then they not only deserve it, the Bible advocates giving them their due. In the same respect if a people of a nation are so cowardly as to not resist the tyrant then they deserve his wrath.

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  • KAMAKANA
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:36pm

    Jesus was talking about being compassionate as an INDIVIDUAL! Jesus was definitely not for a centralized, inefficent Government.

    How can a nobody like me be so much smarter than these looney toons?

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:44pm

      On the money, in the case of the rich man who asked what he needed to do to get into heaven; the response given for him to sell all and give it unto the poor was for him to learn the lesson of charity and compassion for others. That man had the love of money in his heart, and not learned the love for others; and he went away saddened at the words of Jesus.

      If taken at face value of the TIME author and the way he equates ‘riches’ with not making it into heaven, then everyone, from the wealthiest on down must be absolutely broke; no assets, no money, no cloths, no food or anything of the least value – would he do all of that? What of Obama?

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 3:12pm

      @ Snow – it was also to highlight to the man who his real God was as in the first and second commandment.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 4:52pm

      Just another liberal who wants a religious theocracy…

      There always seems to be two main types of liberals… Those who support religious theocracy (but usually it seems to be under a marxist social justice doctrine, or under Sharia… or both).

      On the other end the athiests/secular humanists or communo-athiests who want eliminate all religion both public and ultimately private… Just as Marx and Lenin ultimated wanted.

      “…it is political emancipation itself, the political method of emancipating oneself from religion. Of course, in periods when the political state as such is born violently out of civil society, when political liberation is the form in which men strive to achieve their liberation, the state can and must go as far as the abolition of religion, the destruction of religion. But it can do so only in the same way that it proceeds to the abolition of private property, to the maximum, to confiscation, to progressive taxation, just as it goes as far as the abolition of life, the guillotine.”
      Karl Mark, On the Jewish Question, 1843.

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