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Taxation and Theft

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I don’t necessarily agree with the notion that all taxation is theft. First, I’d like to give a Biblical look at taxes. Here is the argument against the notion that taxes are theft. P1. All taxation is theft. P2. God commanded taxes in the OT (Exodus 30:11-16). C. God commanded theft in the OT. The issue is that God would never command theft in the OT(Exodus 20:15). It cannot simply be said this is the OT and is irrelevant to us today. The issues with that response are that we don’t treat the Old Testament like that. It also allows … Continue reading Taxation and Theft

apologetics, Inerrancy, Presuppositionalism, Steve Hays, theologyLeave a comment

Reductionist Christianity

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It is commonplace for an apologist of the non-reformed camp to maintain that inerrancy is not essential to apologetics. This is because they are arguing for something called “Mere Christianity”. This they believe reduces to the Gospel. I think that is ironic as they usually don’t even argue for that as they don’t include the issue of works salvation as a corruption of the Gospel. They collaborate with Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. It seems that “mere Christianity” doesn’t seem to even account for what Paul thought was essential to the Gospel. The other point presented is to distinguish between theology … Continue reading Reductionist Christianity