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Originally Posted by dy156
Jesus also said to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is His. Paul told the people to obey their government, and that it was placed there by God's will. The personal acts of Christians and the behavior of Nations are two very different things. While a Christian myself, I strongly feel that the seperation of Church and State should apply to more aspects of the government than whether there can be nativity scenes in the town square. The disciples practiced what is basically communism, and if people want to act that way, it may even be admirable, but it does not work for governments to adopt those methods. Should the government forgive everyone that commits crimes, as Jesus taught Christians to do? Obviously not. Don't mean to hijack this thread, but I wanted to address that.
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The quote give to ceaser what is ceaser's and god what is god's is in referal to paying taxes. It occured when some pharasis were trying to trick jesus by getting him to denounce the rome so he would be killed.
Romans teaches us to follow the government but the US is different we as individuals are part of the government. It is our duty to question our governments actions and help direct them to what is best for it. As a christian I feel that I should try to direct the government to behave as Jesus taught us. The reason I feel I can hold this current administration to the bible is because the administration has told everyone how great they are as chirstians. If we had an agnostic president I wouldn't hold him to these standards (though I would still try to get him behave as we have been taught). The president has abused his "religion" to gain support of christains all over by taking advantage of propaganda.