badgenome said:
It's of rather limited interest to me, especially since I have no desire to live in a theocracy. But while I do feel a bit odd telling Christians what to believe about their own religion, I have probably spent more time reading the Bible than most people who profess to believe in it, and my own interpretation of Christ's overall message is that he was not of this world nor particularly concerned with it. If that's your actual interpretation of "render unto Caesar", then I have to say, it seems a pretty facile one. Christ made a point of emphasizing that Caesar's name and image were on the coin, and the implication is that it is a tainted thing. The more pertinent point for Christians is to render unto God that which is God's. |
I will not get into analysis of what the Bible says then, if it is not of interest then. Because it ends up going all over the place, with where people putting emphasis resulting in a different view, and the emphasis being based on personal biases. This bit results in a mess of political views with Jesus ending up endorsing contradictory views of things.
