The bible categorizes taxation as "slavery." Let me prove it with Scripture 👇

When the Israelites had God as their King, they stubbornly asked for a human king. smh 🤦‍♂️

God told Samuel the prophet to warn the people that the king would, "take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves." (1 Samuel 8:17)

Here God Himself categorically equates a king taking wealth as slavery for the people.

Why? Because if a man or a group of men (government) TAKE your wealth, you are a slave to him/them.

In this case Israel was ASKING to be enslaved. But their request for slavery was no less slavery.

Fast forward to when Israel is at war with the Philistines. Saul, their new king, issued this reward for anyone who would kill the feared giant, Goliath.

"The king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel." (1 Samuel 17:25)

Wait a minute, I thought men in Israel were already free? What is the king promising here? TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE FAMILY OF THE ONE WHO KILLS GOLIATH!

AKA - FREEDOM.

@Breedlove22 was right when he equated taxation with slavery. It is. In some instances, like Israel, it was slavery they asked for. In other cases it is slavery imposed on a population who doesn't want it.

The fact is, it is slavery either way according to Scripture.

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*These thoughts were inspired by a book I am reading called "Taxation is Slavery". Check it out here,

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