John Andrew Holmes: Lord Hates Taxpayers

Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Funny Money Quotes: Comparing the idea of ‘Giving’ to the unhappy ‘giver’ required to ‘give’ their taxes to the IRS and that God must find our attitude less than charitable. John Andrew Holmes said:
 

 

“If the Lord loveth a cheerful giver, how he must hate the taxpayer!” — John Andrew Holmes

 

 

John Andrew Holmes seems to be drawing a distinction between voluntary charitable giving versus mandatory tax payments. The quote references the biblical notion that God favors those who donate happily (“the cheerful giver”).

However, Holmes then wryly adds that if this is true, God must strongly dislike taxpayers, since they relinquish funds not through personal choice but under legal obligation.

In essence, the message is that taxes, which are enforced contributions rather than freely given donations, lack the spirit of goodwill that religious teachings associate with favored acts like almsgiving.

Holmes appears to be jokingly suggesting one who pays taxes only out of compulsion may not receive the same divine favor as those who willingly support causes through donations given from the heart.

Birthday: January 6, 1904 – Death: June 22, 1962

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