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I'd argue that from the standpoint of Biblical Christian ethics, fiat is more immoral than taxation.
100%. It is for sure more clearly condemned. I think you can make a case against what we today call taxes but the case against fiat is easy. Unjust weight and measures is clearly condemned.
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Additionally Jesus over-turning the tables of the money changers was VERY likely an example of people being cheated by this very thing.
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Silence on something isn't approval by the way. I remind my friends that have a problem with my calling taxation theft. After all, we all would agree that slavery was immoral yet it is never directly condemned by Jesus. But the abolition of it was lead by Christians. In principle it is clearly wrong. Missing the mark.
There are many things condemned directly in the Bible that aren't taken nearly seriously enough. Fiat to me is one of them.
But in principle taxation is immoral. I think it is just hard to accept this if you don't have a framework of how we could abolish it and how society could function under a voluntary system.
I have zero doubt this could be done but a ton of questions about how it would come about and when.
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"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" - Matthew 22:21
The Christian doctrine says pay your taxes. Jesus said to pay em. Yes, Christian ethics does not consider paying state taxes to be immoral, rather, it is a duty. The ancient people were smart enough to not accept fiat currency, they wanted coins of silver and gold! Ancient civilizations had far less trust.
(Not religious myself but wanted to offer another data point to this).
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