"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's." Folks that view that as about taxes and tithes are missing the larger meaning. Romans 13 provides delineation between Church & State and is one of the foundational texts and precepts of Western Thought, Culture & Civilization. The recognition of the hard wired need for humans to place faith in a higher something while simultaneously remaining tethered to a tangible grounded reality goes to the core of who we are.
"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's." Folks that view that as about taxes and tithes are missing the larger meaning. Romans 13 provides delineation between Church & State and is one of the foundational texts and precepts of Western Thought, Culture & Civilization. The recognition of the hard wired need for humans to place faith in a higher something while simultaneously remaining tethered to a tangible grounded reality goes to the core of who we are.
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