In a speech at the National Day of Prayer Breakfast, Obama tried to justify a progressive tax by quoting from the Bible.
“To whom much is given, much shall be required.” ~Barack Obama
The closest actual Biblical quote I could find was in the book of Luke:
And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more. ~ Luke 12:47-49
In context, Jesus was talking about the responsibility of a slave to his master. In modern times this could be applied to an employer and employee relationship. I think it’s pretty clear that Jesus was not talking about taxes in this parable.
Then again, maybe Obama thinks government is supposed to be our master and we’re all slaves?
No matter what Obama’s speech writer was thinking, I still think that it’s not government’s role to force us to be charitable.
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![[book cover]](http://trommetter.com/log/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/51Jjg5nBSFL-100x150.jpg "Jesus Is Involved in Politics")
The subtitle is “Why aren’t You? Why isn’t your Church?” A lot of what Neil writes is things I’ve said in political discussions before, he just says it more coherently.
