Christian nationalist Doug Wilson wants tax rates to be determined by the Bible: "I would like Divine Law to have something to say about the marginal tax rates ... because when the state claims a tithe, they're claiming equality with God."
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
They have come up with some convoluted bullshit interpretations to nullify it. “Duh, the Eye of the Needle was the name of a gate in Jerusalem.” A story that traces back to some late-medieval donor-friendly commentator, who pulled it out of his monastic ass.
44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Wilson might have had this verse in mind:
Matthew 19
…probably.
Always a hilarious verse for right wingers to point to.
They have come up with some convoluted bullshit interpretations to nullify it. “Duh, the Eye of the Needle was the name of a gate in Jerusalem.” A story that traces back to some late-medieval donor-friendly commentator, who pulled it out of his monastic ass.
I also like Acts 2: 44-47