Historically, most religions have ‘Rendered unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s’, which typically translates into allowing political authorities to do as they please with little or no objection. At some levels, this is a good way to think and behave, but like all short phrases this attitude or belief can sometimes be deeply misguided. At the end of the day if you are totally defeated, then render unto Caesar. If the matter is of small importance, render unto Caesar. But when Caesar becomes an all-seeing, Satanic panopticon who is killing large numbers of people, it is no longer right to render unto him. We passed that point in the West on 9/11 if not much earlier. Since the Obama presidency, when IC began directly spying on political opponents and is now using that information to punish them, it is obvious we the plebs must at least resist, at least speak up when an opportunity presents. Even simply honestly filling out a post-treatment medical survey takes some courage, but if many of us do stuff like that, we will collectively develop the courage to do more. We do not need to be obstreperous, but we do need to let people know where the uncrossable lines are. During covid, Christians stood stronger than anyone else, including Buddhists, atheists, Jews, Muslims, and more. Out of one million American doctors, only about 500 spoke and acted against the the terrible anti-science covid dictates. And of those 500, the majority were Christians. ABN
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