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Some cents about the need for a census
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1. Some cents about the need for a census

2. Some cents about the need for a census
Verse routeLuke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [kjv]
Verse route2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. [kjv]
Verse route2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) [kjv]

When they came to their senses, Joseph told Mary it was time to travel on a taxing journey. No "taxi" to go register for "taxes".
Who is the "passover lamb" born in the "House of Bread" who "broke the rules" for you and me?

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3. Death by taxes
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin (American scientist, inventor, philosopher, statesman) .
Which gets worse over time? He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. Benjamin Franklin.

What does Jesus say about taxes (yokes of compulsion) by religious institutions?

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4. Ecclesiastes 1:9 Capital punishment
Verse routeEcclesiastes 1:9 … that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. [kjv]

Capital punishment is when the government taxes you to get capital so that it can go into business in competition with you, and then taxes the profit on your business in order to pay its losses. (source unknown)
The English word "tax" comes, through French, from the Medieval Latin word "taxo""feel, charge, judge" and is related to the English word "task" .

The (often stated) temporary (for emergency only) income taxes were effectively made permanent by the 16 Amendment in 1913.

[mugger in DC]

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5. Evading or avoiding tax jokes

Sign: THE IRS thinks that it is all THEIR$.
 
Where do rich people who are homeless live?
Why are taxes like golf?
Why did the IRS audit the church?


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6. Taxidermy
Verse route1 Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order. [kjv]
Verse routeπαντα δε ευσχημονως και κατα ταξιν γινεσθω [gnt]

Verse routeExodus 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, [kjv]
Verse routeκαι δερματα κριων ηρυθροδανωμενα και δερματα υακινθινα και ξυλα ασηπτα [lxx]

The word taxidermy comes from the Greek words for class or order (taxonomy) and skin or fur as in (dermatology).

Mark Twain (Author and Humorist, alias Samuel Clemens)
 
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector?


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7. Taxidermy
Animated Koch Christmas treeEnglish: O Christmas Tree [fractal tree]
German: O Tannenbaum (O fir tree)

The German word "tannen""fir" as in a covering or "hide".
 
Why did the Christmas tree idea start?

8. Tiberius Caesar and sheep
Verse routeLuke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, … [kjv]

Sheep
Emperor Tiberius Caesar (on taxes): It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

At the same time, Jesus was walking and teaching in Judea. Jesus had a different idea about what it meant to be a "good" "shepherd".

Verse routeJohn 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. [kjv]
Verse routeεγω ειμι ο ποιμην ο καλος ο ποιμην ο καλος την ψυχην αυτου τιθησιν υπερ των προβατων [gnt]




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9. Census
Verse routeLuke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [kjv]
Verse routeεγενετο δε εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εξηλθεν δογμα παρα καισαρος αυγουστου απογραφεσθαι πασαν την οικουμενην [gnt]
Verse routeedictumdescriberetur universus orbis [v]

What is a "census"? Napoleon in the early 1800's had France do a census, for taxes and estimation of soldiers capable of fighting, based on statistical sampling. Laplace was the mathematician that worked out many statistical concepts still taught and used today. The modern Greek word "απογραφή" (a-po-gra-FEE) ≈ "census".

10. Constitution and the census

11. 1890 Census
The United States constitution requires a census every 10 years to determine representation of states in the House of Representatives, taxation, etc.
The 1890 census was going to take more than 10 years. Herman Hollerith, using punched card technology from the Jacquard looms for weaving patterns, with cards the size of a dollar bill (before it was later shrunk), automated the census.

Later, he was a founder of a company called IBM (International Business Machines).

12. Numbers 2: Algorithms and the camp of Israel
Verse routeNumbers 2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. [kjv]

Camp of Israel by tribe groups Ten commandments
The book of Numbers is named for the detailed census appearing in Numbers 2. The details can be boring but are part of an "algorithm" provided by God for their camp in the desert.
If the Israelites in the desert had followed the "algorithm" provided by God as how to precisely camp, their camp would have been laid out in the shape of a cross from the point of view of the "rising sun" in the morning.

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13. Camp in the desert

14. Augustus
Verse routeLuke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [kjv]
Verse routeεγενετο δε εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εξηλθεν δογμα παρα καισαρος αυγουστου απογραφεσθαι πασαν την οικουμενην [gnt]
Verse route2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. ) [kjv]
Verse routeαυτη απογραφη πρωτη εγενετο ηγεμονευοντος της συριας κυρηνιου [gnt]
Verse route2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι επορευοντο παντες απογραφεσθαι εκαστος εις την εαυτου πολιν [gnt]
Verse route2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) [kjv]
Verse route2:5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. [kjv]
Verse routeαπογραψασθαι συν μαριαμ τη εμνηστευμενη αυτω ουση εγκυω [gnt]

Historically, Augustus made three decrees for a census: 28 BC, 8 BC, and 14 AD. News happened much more slowly in those days. It could have taken several years for news to be disseminated and actions taken for such a census.

15. Luke 2:1
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KJV: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Greek: εγενετο δε εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εξηλθεν δογμα παρα καισαρος αυγουστου απογραφεσθαι πασαν την οικουμενην
Latin: factum est autem in diebus illis exiit edictum a Caesare Augusto ut describeretur universus orbis

16. Luke 2:2
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KJV: (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. )
Greek: αυτη η απογραφη πρωτη εγενετο ηγεμονευοντος της συριας κυρηνιου

17. Luke 2:3
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KJV: And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Greek: και επορευοντο παντες απογραφεσθαι εκαστος εις την ιδιαν εαυτου πολιν

18. Luke 2:4
   Luke 2:4 
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KJV: And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David: )
Greek: ανεβη δε και ιωσηφ απο της γαλιλαιας εκ πολεως ναζαρετ εις την ιουδαιαν εις πολιν δαβιδ δαυιδ ητις καλειται βηθλεεμ δια το ειναι αυτον εξ οικου και πατριας δαβιδ δαυιδ

19. Luke 2:5
   Luke 2:5 
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KJV: To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Greek: απογραψασθαι συν μαριαμ τη μεμνηστευμενη εμνηστευμενη αυτω γυναικι ουση εγκυω

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