I “feel free” to not respond (or post) to someone who quickly and harshly judges-you made some harsh judgments about me and you do not know me. Then you offered some kind words about me, and again, you do not know me. Maybe you were wrong on both counts–but you have no way of knowing–so why chase an invisible rabbit?

I did not post your comments because they did not follow in the vein of my “About Comments” page. There is no intent to censor what you said; follow the “rules” and you will be posted. If you want to pontificate then start your own blog. If you want to advance the discussion on MY blog, then you’ll have to do it by MY guidelines. That’s how this is going to work.

-Gospel According to Matt

God is opposed to use of money or anything else for selfish and evil reasons. Say for example using tax money to fight a war on false pretenses and lies in order for oil companies to benefit. On the other hand serving and giving to the poor is applauded by God whether by governments or individuals. Taxing people is a service of the government to provide for its people, is not right or wrong. It certainly is not stealing. The money can be used for anything: to pave roads, fight unholy wars, or the help the poor. And if one wants to give it a ‘scriptural’ spin, then it isn’t even our money to begin with. Of course modern day protestant churches only seem to want to make this point when asking for money themselves.