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Same reason religions demand you tithe but refuse to pay taxes, even though they don’t deny Christ said, “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and render unto God what is God’s,” which is to say, fulfil your obligations to the government before fulfilling your obligations to God.
That’s a wild understanding but you do you
What part do you think is wild exactly? The rendering or the same reason bit?
That’s not what that verse means. It means leave government stuff to government and God centered stuff to God. He was differentiating between God and the government.
That’s certainly not a “wild understanding” as the other commenter describes it. I’ve heard that interpretation taught since I was a child to mean pay your taxes. And what are these religions telling you not to pay your taxes?
I think the use of “before” is debateable.
I never used that word.
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