<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>kepford (npub1qq…9hq0q)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1qqqq9h54gszlv3c7jth5vqnstyn3e87cpkkm5srtpjk28szhszns49hq0q</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>I have heard many Christians say that failing to pay taxes is stealing. Its interesting because most Christians I know have a big issue when I say taxation is theft. &#xA;&#xA;Seems like a logical fallacy to me but can&#39;t express which one. &#xA;&#xA;On the Biblical side though I do think we are commanded to pay taxes. Even of it is theft. But I see no command to lie about what it is. The issue I see and how I would teach someone is that lying is a sin. So if you falsely declare your earnings that is the wrong. Not the failure to pay an unjust tax. &#xA;&#xA;The way of Jesus is hard. We are to forgive those that trespass against us. We are to love our enemies. So paying taxes is a good witness of someone following Jesus. Cheering it on and claiming it is moral is not.  &#xA;&#xA;</html></oembed>