Early Addition: Jesus Would Have Taxed The Rich, Says Obama

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By Ben Yakas in News on February 3, 2012 12:35 PM

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Mordicai

If anybody is actually interested in Christianity, like, the "Jesus is a huge hippy, I read that book, he's a huge hippy" type or real Christianity, I highly recommend the website Slacktivist.

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ogie

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." - Jesus

Gothampc

Interesting that Obama makes that comparison. Jesus was living in a country that was governed by the Romans, people who thought crucifixion (slow, painful and public) was an appropriate way to die.