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Originally Posted by Sethomas
I think the "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's" statement you mentioned does give Christianity the liberty to adopt any godless government it requires. That statement was brought up in Scripture because of the transgressions of the Roman State upon the Jewish religion. You could argue that Jesus was only saying "sure Rome is evil, but at this point in time you'd get your ass wipped anyways." He did predict the Fall of the Temple, after all.
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On this point, isn't this scripture always prefaced by the fact that they were trying to trick Jesus? You could also argue that Jesus was simply refusing to fall into their Jedi mind trick.
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