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Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
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 (December 13, 2014 at 8:26 am)Tonus Wrote:(December 12, 2014 at 4:20 pm)Heywood Wrote: Impede is to obstruct and the intent of the First Amendment was to forbid the state from passing laws which unnecessarily obstruct speech, press, or religion.They tax the media companies that form the press-- does that obstruct the press? Yes 
I was wondering. Out of the hundreds of thousands "charitable" churches around the nation, how many actually engage in charity. I suspect most are just riding the wagon.
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-- Homer Simpson God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion. -- Superintendent Chalmers Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things. -- Ned Flanders Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral. -- The Rev Lovejoy  (December 13, 2014 at 10:13 am)dyresand Wrote:(December 13, 2014 at 8:39 am)robvalue Wrote: Thing is, christians view persecution/obstruction to be the removal of the special treatment they have become accustomed to. What is the saying from Animal Farm? We are all equal just some are more equal then others. Is that right?  (December 13, 2014 at 11:42 am)Heywood Wrote:(December 13, 2014 at 8:26 am)Tonus Wrote: They tax the media companies that form the press-- does that obstruct the press? [Citation needed] (December 13, 2014 at 11:44 am)IATIA Wrote: I was wondering. Out of the hundreds of thousands "charitable" churches around the nation, how many actually engage in charity. I suspect most are just riding the wagon. I think that filing the forms and adhering to the same rules as other nonprofits would actually help the honest churches that really do want to help others like Jesus commanded. Christians would have more information on which church to join. It seems like a win/win situation for them so I don't know why Christians themselves don't call for taxing churches. My guess is that they never thought of it because their pastors and church councils certainly aren't going to advance the idea.  
One point that hasn't been addressed is the fact that I subsidize your church through taxation. If churches were required to pay taxes, my tax burden would be lessened. The government must collect x amount of dollars to provide essential services. By exempting churches, those dollars must be made up by increasing the tax burden on everybody else. Ergo, I am subsidizing your church!
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God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems? RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
December 13, 2014 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: December 13, 2014 at 1:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Subsidizing his charitable organization. All for it, personally.
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