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Somebody needs to read their Bible.
Mark 12:13-16 (NKJV). There are other passages about submitting to earthly governments as well where they do not contravene the law of God.
And the meaning in that passage is revealed by the questions: what does Caesar own? And what does God own?
Starting from the end: God owns everything. Now what? It was a veiled subversive message.
Most of the other passages about submitting to earthly authorities are in St Paul. It's one of the many ways he was more conserative than JC.
Guarantee this dumbass talking about Divine Law will just as quickly foam at the mouth about Sharia Law.
Well, yeah, but those guys wear towels on their heads instead of red baseball hats, so it's entirely different.
"I mean real Divine Law, not that terrorist crap!"
...all while he proceeds to ignore the 1000's of religions that were a thing before his specific denomination of Christianity came along and got it "right".
Wilson might have had this verse in mind:
Matthew 19
...probably.
Always a hilarious verse for right wingers to point to.
They have come up with some convoluted bullshit interpretations to nullify it. "Duh, the Eye of the Needle was the name of a gate in Jerusalem." A story that traces back to some late-medieval donor-friendly commentator, who pulled it out of his monastic ass.
I also like Acts 2: 44-47
The Bible is a bit like the internet - it's large and obscure enough that if you dig long enough, you can find just about anything you want to "back up" any point of view you want.
And if not, just get a “scholar” to make a version that has it.
did the fella pocket the coin?
Render unto George Washington all your quarters, and to Benjamin Franklin all 100 dollar bills. Screw Lincoln, we don't make his money no mo'
Lincoln's on the $5 bill, mate
Romans 13:1 is more about Christians being powerless when ICE is hunting down immigrants (who are often Christian talk about the actual persecution of Christians in America)