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(01-18-2026, 07:24 PM)putnam6 Wrote: In most of Minnesota, this isn't gonna go over well...
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2013032528794333619?s=20
It's sad that some people do not understand the principle of the separation of church and state.
Unfortunately, US churches which call themselves Christian are no longer concerned with personal salvation, but have become a platform of political campaign.
Jesus seemed to be very carefully apolitical in his answer when the Pharisees asked him if it was legal to pay taxes to their Roman occupiers (this is because it was interpreted as illegal under Jewish religious law, but it was also illegal to withhold taxes under Roman law, a conundrum caused by living under two separate legal systems). Jesus reply of, "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars, and unto God that which is God's" is a very astute answer that is fully compliant with both legal systems.
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(01-18-2026, 08:40 PM)chr0naut Wrote: It's sad that some people do not understand the principle of the separation of church and state.
Vs the state as a religion.
Separation of church and state was so there wasn’t a state dictated religion. That doesn’t mean you have to hide your faith.
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(01-18-2026, 08:40 PM)chr0naut Wrote: (this is because it was illegal under Jewish religious law,
What Jewish religion text made that claim?
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BREAKING - Sara Larson, the woman who doxxed both her own address and that of Minnesota ICE agent Jonathan Ross, has been fired from her job and has reportedly, and ironically, made several reports to police claiming she’s receiving online “threats.”
https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2012570826273403347
These liberal women just can’t seem to help themselves.
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(01-18-2026, 08:40 PM)chr0naut Wrote: It's sad that some people do not understand the principle of the separation of church and state.
Unfortunately, US churches which call themselves Christian are no longer concerned with personal salvation, but have become a platform of political campaign.
Jesus seemed to be very carefully apolitical in his answer when the Pharisees asked him if it was legal to pay taxes to their Roman occupiers (this is because it was illegal under Jewish religious law, but it was illegal to withhold taxes under Roman law, a conundrum caused by living under two separate legal systems). Jesus reply of, "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars, and unto God that which is God's" is a very astute answer that is fully compliant with both legal systems.
I believe any church over 1000 persons SHOULD NOT be tax exempt, they are like businesses
and both sides use it politically, and have for decades
That tax-exempt status has led to a criminal element in all demographics, with various church setups.
The majority of churches are fine, but in a country this size will be all kinds.
His mind was not for rent to any god or government
Always hopeful yet discontent, knows changes aren't permanent
But change is
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Quote:It's sad that some people do not understand the principle of the separation of church and state.
Only for you. They didn't mind indoctrinating Marxism-Communism on the kids in schools and Colleges. Drag time story telling hour. Pre Puberty sex changes without telling parents. Pornography in school library books. Wokeism. etc etc
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(01-18-2026, 08:50 PM)WallFlowerActive Wrote: What Jewish religion text made that claim?
The answer is complex.
During Herodian rule, a cut of the Temple tax (that supported the Temple, priests, etc, and was therefore dedicated to God) was taken in tax by Rome. This was seen as theft from God.
Additionally, the Temple had its own currency, because Roman coins referred to Caesar as divine. Roman currency was therefore blasphemous. This necessitated the money changers in the temple courts (whom Jesus objected to). The money from the temple that was taxed by the Romans also had to be converted back to Roman coin, so it was seen by religious hard-liners as a blasphemous offering.
This was compounded by the fact that the Romans also made no attempt to hide that some of the taxes they took were for offerings to Roman gods and goddesses, By paying the taxes, one was seen as 'sacrificing to other gods'.
After the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, the Fiscus Judaicus (money from the Jews), previously for Jerusalem's Temple upkeep, was redirected to the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus in Rome.
The Dead Sea scrolls of the Essene sect, in the Temple scroll considered that any sort of capitulation to foreign rule was contrary to the intent of Gods law and the promised supremacy of the nation of Israel.
The Maccabean Revolt in pre-Roman times was based upon the assumed supremacy of the nation of Israel, as was the Bar Kokhba revolt during early Roman rule.
Additionally newly discovered court documents from the immediate post-Christian times, and discovered in Judea, show significant local tax evasion and tax fraud cases that argued religious exemption.
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The Gestapo at it again and breaking laws.
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(01-18-2026, 07:31 PM)chr0naut Wrote: Columbus, the Pilgrims and boatload after boatload of Europeans were 'undocumented'. So I suppose, the only 'legals' are Americas original native inhabitants.
WEAK. Don't care what happened 400 years ago. This is now. This is the immigration law now and it's in place for a very good reason. A country can only absorb just so many immigrants ... especially poor uneducated and non english speaking immigrants ... before it's bad for the country. EVERY illegal is a criminal and needs to be kicked out. EVERY ONE.
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(01-19-2026, 05:26 AM)Truthhurts Wrote: The Gestapo at it again and breaking laws.
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXX5wlVZrV0]
This is a DIRECT offshoot of the Minneapolis Police Department AKA "Walz," being obstructive and instead of assisting Federal officers.
We've had plenty of raids in our BLUE top 10 metro area, but our LEOs are assisting and facilitating a quicker and far less chaotic experience, mostly because we have a large vintage legal immigrant community also assisting instead of resisting.
His mind was not for rent to any god or government
Always hopeful yet discontent, knows changes aren't permanent
But change is
Professor Neil Ellwood Peart
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