What insight.
If God didn't want man to have personal choice, he simply would have removed it from the equation.
I have no belief in any god I was just pointing out another viewpoint of the Jesus fable.
What insight.
If God didn't want man to have personal choice, he simply would have removed it from the equation.
The Jesus character says, pay your taxes period. Just give it up. Why would you want to interpret that differently, other than to avoid the message.
I have no belief in any god I was just pointing out another viewpoint of the Jesus fable.
No where in "Pay your taxes" is their a message of: "Go forth ye into the land and multiply thy government into a behemoth of corruption and lies, steal from thy productive neighbor and giveth to thy lazy neighbor"The Jesus character says, pay your taxes period. Just give it up.
You're simply interpreting it to suit your narrative. And you've given yourself a lot of leeway in that interpretation.Why would you want to interpret that differently, other than to avoid the message.
You mentioned having grandchildren. Do you believe they "evolved" from tadpoles, or fish?
The question is what you believe they evolved from?No they were born humans.
The question is what you believe they evolved from?
"Stalk me or you burn"
For personal choice read ultimatum.
A true moral position would be to help others for the sake of it, not because you've been threatened by imaginary narcissistic sky monsters.