Should Christians celebrate the American revolution?

That idea though will lead to some serious problems down the historical line, however, which I’ll get to when we hit the gap between judaism and Christianity, one of my favorite periods.

For instance, Jews are no supposed to not use any graven images or false gods. But what do you do when you are under Roman occupation, and not only is the image of Caesar on every coin, but Caesar calls himself a god. Now every single coin in your pocket is against your religion. Every dime you spend is a sin, essentially. Yikes.

Then there’s the problem of offerings, which could be in money depending on the type of offering. But the offerings had to be in shekels, or Jewish currency, and the temple was not going to accept Caesar money, no way, no how.

So that necessitated having money changers at the temple, so your offerings could be swapped and accepted. And if you remember your Jesus history, you know all about Jesus and money changers.

so there’s all kinds of seemingly simply day- to - day issues that people ran into just trying to survive, and adhere to the law,that all had to be worked out when Israel was occupied, by many various nations. It’s great stuff.

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Sep 29, 2022, 7:24 PM

Without opening a whole new history thread (though maybe we do need a history board <img border=

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You can pick any time in history, any place, and any people, and it will always be about power, and/or money.

In this case, who would pay for the French and Indian War that ended in 1763.

The colonists said, "We are a British colony, so Britain should pay for the war that saved us from the French."

The British said "We are paying. The average Brit pays 25 times as much in taxes as you do. We're just asking you for some help."

The colonists idea of help was zero.

So, the British instituted a series of taxes, on tea (The Boston Tea Party), on stamps, on paper products, on just about everything that came from England. And, they MADE the colonists buy them. (That's how John Hancock got so rich, smuggling tea and other items against British regulations.)

The colonists tried to make it about representation: No taxation without Representation (in British parliament)

The British said, "Even if you had representation, you'd be voted down "Everybody-to-13" every single time.

The colonists said it's about "God given freedoms, and inalienable rights"

The British said "If it's about freedom then why are the guys who are clamoring the loudest about freedom the same ones who own 300 slaves?"

Pretty nasty stuff, but below all the rhetoric, it was "Who is going to pay?" As always. Reference Solomon's temple in my Israel post. History repeating itself. over and over and over.

And in the case of Biblical "following law", even if both side DO agree to pay together, what is the split? How much does each side bear? It's never ending.

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I don't celebrate anything but Easter.

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I disagree with most Christians I know on the nature and

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God has double standards.

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