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Entry: Greenspan's Gambits Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/greenspans_gambits#5645 Post contents: Adriana - How, exactly, did American businessmen profit by the dissolution of the Roman church in Britain tempore Henry VIII, almost a century before the first British colony in North America? And if they did not, how can they be expected to "rebuild" what they did not destroy? In any event, any funds given over to the church of Rome in this country today would probably be dissipated swiftly in paying off the liability it has incurred by the conduct of its many pæderastic priests. It needs to reform itself before it can claim the moral standing to reform the society of which it is a part. JP - the Biblical context of the quotation "Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Cæsar's..." found at Luke 20:25 is in response to a question "Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no?" (Lk. 20:22) asked by :spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that they might so deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor (Lk. 20:20). To summarize, these spies were attempting to entrap Christ into saying that it was not lawful to pay tribute to the secular ruler. His response was that it was lawful. Of course it is still lawful to pay taxes, and still unwise not to do so, or to recommend that others not do so. This says nothing about legitimate debate amongst secular persons - in which we are now engaged - about the nature, incidence, or level of taxes exacted by the secular government. It is, in the end, a secular, not a religious question. Sent at: 2008 11 22