About this episode

This episode discusses Christian beliefs around taxation and explores the actions of certain fundamentalist Christians regarding tax obligations.

In this episode, we discuss Christian beliefs around taxation, as well as why some fundamentalist Christians like Kent Hovind have opted for a sovereign citizen defense. At the end of the episode, we discuss the creative ways that Jim Bob Duggar has avoided taxation by passing his tax burden off onto his children. Source images are located on this Patreon post (the sources are not paywalled) https://www.patreon.com/posts/are-christians-155188116 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Intro 03:43 - Tax season 04:31 - Kent Hovind, Dinosaur Adventure Land, Structuring 08:34 - Render Unto Caesar 12:05 - Romans 13 and historical context 16:39 - Sovereign citizenship 20:00 - The 14th Amendment 23:14 - Suing the IRS 25:46 - Convicted! 29:50 - Jim Bob Duggar 32:24 - The clobber verses vs. financial ethics 34:04 - Magical Thinking 37:15 - Gavi's Flow Chart Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4q94gAnsoW2jME4SvVrrQ Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans…

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Host: Leaving Eden LLC

Topics covered

• Christian beliefs
• taxation
• sovereign citizenship
• fundamentalism
• financial ethics

Keywords

• taxation
• Christianity
• sovereign citizen
• Kent Hovind
• Jim Bob Duggar
• financial ethics
• Romans 13

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Romans 13

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