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And have you decided just how you will you be answering your prayer to yourself, Pharisee? That is to say, just how do you intend to "help" me, "God"?
What is Money? - Sep 2, 2025
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Where does Jesus say Caesar owned the coin? Nowhere. Jesus doesn't say Caesar owned the coin. He doesn't even say Caesar owns the image or the superscription on the coin.
Do you think George Washington owns all one-dollar bills that have ever been printed? And, that Abe Lincoln owns all five-dollar bills that have ever been printed? Some of the books of history in my library contain pages imprinted with images of Washington, Lincoln, many other U.S. presidents, and many other historical figures; in the case of one of such books which happens to feature both an image of Washington and and image of Lincoln, which one of those two men is the owner of such a book? Washington or Lincoln? Correct: Neither Washington nor Lincoln owns that book; it's my book; I bought it, therefore I own it. Just the same, I own each and every one-dollar bill in my pocket, and George Washington owns none of them, notwithstanding the fact that each one of them features a portrait of him and printed text of his name.
One self-defeating stupidity of claiming Caesar owned all the coins minted in the Roman Empire is that you now have yourself under a burden to account for why Caesar would ever want to resort to minting debased denarii. Why would he want to lower the silver content of what you claim he owned?
What do you mean? What of God's have you "given back to" Him?