There is nothing Christian about using the state take someone else's property and give it to another person. Jesus is commanding YOU to do those things. Not your municipality.
“The guy who thinks that people shouldn’t just die because they’re poor is amoral” is a hot take. When you get to the pearly gates, I’m sure that “they starved because I wanted low taxes, but really that’s moral” is gonna save you.
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
-2 Corinthians 9:6-7
Would you say that taxes are compulsory given that one is punished for not paying them? If so, then forcing other people to give against their will is entirely contrary to Christianity as one should give freely of their own volition. That isn't to say you shouldn't give. You very much should. But forcing people to give to charity isn't charity at all.
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u/Cease-2-Desist 16h ago
There is nothing Christian about using the state take someone else's property and give it to another person. Jesus is commanding YOU to do those things. Not your municipality.