{"podcast":{"title":"Leaving Eden Podcast","slug":"leaving-eden-podcast-1284338","podcast_index_feed_id":1284338,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c/1765941670113-f5ccd2f3-d0ca-4be4-a0b6-dc8b5fd7d3dc.jpeg","author":"Leaving Eden LLC","episode_count":339,"summary":"An Ex-Fundie, Deconstruction, and Cult podcast as told by cult survivor Sadie Carpenter, with her co-host Gavi HaCohen. This podcast covers Sadie's cult, (The Independent Fundamental Baptist church), other cults, (including Jonestown and the Branch Davidians), cult-related media (including reality TV shows and documentaries like The Duggars/19 Kids and Counting, Shiny Happy People, Welcome to Plathville, and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City), famous fundamentalist and fundie influencers, other religions, and the real and present threat that cults and cult ideologies pose to society as a whole. Our goal is to promote freedom of mind, freedom of thought, and freedom of religion. For press, sponsorship, and other inquiries, contact LeavingEdenPod@gmail.com Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans! https://www.facebook.com/groups/edenexodus Social Media: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Hosted on Acast. S…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T16:22:26.101814+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338"},"episode":{"title":"Are Christians exempt from taxation?","slug":"are-christians-exempt-from-taxation","published_at":"2026-04-14T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/are-christians-exempt-from-taxation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338","url":"https://shows.acast.com/leaving-eden-podcast/episodes/are-christians-exempt-from-taxation","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c/e/69dba3aa97d78f9e2b10c143/media.mp3","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. Source images are located on this Patreon post (the sources are not paywalled) https://www.patreon.com/posts/are-christians-155188116 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 Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4q94gAnsoW2jME4SvVrrQ Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans! https://www.facebook.com/groups/edenexodus Join our subreddit! Reddit.com/r/EdenExodus Bluesky: @leavingedenpodcast.bsky.social @hellyeahsadie.bsky.social @gavihacohen.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/sadiecarpentermusic/ https://www.instagram.com/gavrielhacohen/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode, we discuss Christian beliefs around taxation, as well as why some fundamentalist Christians like Kent Hovind have opted for a sovereign c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2226,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/episodes/are-christians-exempt-from-taxation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/are-christians-exempt-from-taxation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}