u/Risikio

I'm curious as to why those who are against taxation the most are usually the most devout Christians.

Any insight?

1.) Paying your taxes is hands down the easiest way to help the poor, and your single dollar will go to feed far more starving children than you can imagine.

2.) If taxation is theft, does Christ not tell you to just give more to the robber?

Why do Christians fight tooth and nail against providing for their fellow man?

So for those of you who are about to be like "Who is this guy?", Dave Ramsey was a financial advisor who towed the line of "faith based" investing and things like that. One of his biggest things was zero credit ever. No credit cards. Cash only and forever. He marketed this class seminar of sorts for people to meet every week and learn how to take back control of their finances, and it was generally passed around the church circles.

Anyone else take it? Did it actually do anything for you?

I often find myself very confused and wondering why exactly there are some Christians who believe that they should reject Paul's teachings.

Why?

What does your canon even look like?

I'm curious how much knowledge Paul would have had about the local cults running around the Jerusalem area, as well as his knowledge of esoteric practices found within the occult communities.

It seems Paul is referencing a spirit mirror when he refers to be "seeing through a mirror darkly", essentially the practice of ancient times of staring into a mirror until the brain naturally twists and contorts the image being stared into.

Also of note is Paul's reference to Jesus hanging from a living tree possibly being a reference to the Ba'al / Asherah worship cults use of pillars and living trees.

Given Paul's role within the Pharisees was arguably that of rooting out the different underground cults and worshippers, how much would he have arguably known about the different practices of the local death cults, Zorastorismists (no clue on spelling), and Egyptian mythology?

Is the attempt to attain altered states of consciousness through religious practices a sin?

Does the flagellant sin for seeking their own form of being slain in the spirit?

Why is it not a sin to starve yourself to delirium to speak to God, but against the rules to eat some mushrooms and talk to Jesus for a couple of hours?