Are Christians exempt from taxation?
Leaving Eden Podcast
Leaving Eden LLC
4.5 • 744 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
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.
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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
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| 0:00.0 | No rolling river of time. |
| 0:07.0 | You've healed me in too many days. |
| 0:13.0 | No regrets, no confusion. |
| 0:18.0 | There'll be no pollution. I'm so thankful I've decided to change my ways. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome into the Leaving Eden podcast. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. |
| 0:34.6 | And Sadie, does the Bible say that Christians don't have to pay taxes? |
| 0:40.1 | No, it does not say that. |
| 0:42.6 | No, it doesn't. |
| 0:43.7 | Interesting. |
| 0:44.4 | Some of our favorite people, including Kent Hov and are not super good at listening to the Bible. |
| 0:48.9 | So why is there such a large contingency of Christians who think that they don't have to pay taxes? |
| 0:53.6 | Let's talk about it. |
| 0:54.8 | If you are not familiar with this show, this is the Leaving Eden podcast. |
| 0:58.4 | My co-host, Sadie Carpenter, she was raised as a fundee. |
| 1:02.9 | She was raised in Christian fundamentalism, and we talk about things related to cults, religion, |
| 1:07.1 | fundamentalism, all those good things. |
| 1:09.6 | Taxes are definitely on the brain right now with it being the tail end of tax season. |
| 1:15.2 | But first, if you are not subscribed to this show's Patreon, you should go over there right now |
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| 1:29.6 | As you guys know, we spent a lot of time recently talking about the Duggers, talking about |
| 1:33.9 | the recent case that Joe Dugger has been involved in and is currently involved in down in |
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