Church forcing State involvement?

[Lemon Curry]

Religtardology is a business and it's fuckin' BIG business.

Those at the top of the respective religtard food chains sell salvation for which the recipient pays.

The cat licker crutch, er church, is the richest entity on the planet.  The church of England isn't far behind.  The dumb twat, justin welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, once castigated pay day lenders in the UK for charging such excessive fees and for causing borrowers to end up in spiralling debt.  It transpired, a few days later, that the church of England was a major shareholder in the holding company of a major UK pay day lender (Wonga).  

peter popoff, the televangalist, was collecting almost $4 million per year in the late 1980s, according to James Randi.  In 2003, his ministry received over $9.6 million, and in 2005, over $23 million. In that year, he and his wife were paid a combined salary of nearly $1 million, while two of his children received over $180,000 each. Financial data is not available for Popoff's ministry after 2005 because Peter Popoff Ministries changed from a for-profit business to a religious organization, making it tax-exempt. Popoff purchased a home in Bradbury, California, for $4.5 million in 2007. He drives a Porsche and a .[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Popoff#cite_note-44][/url]

Tax the churches,  They are businesses regardless of their claims otherwise.

Not really the point.  The argument isn't about whether churches should be taxed (and I agree that they should) but whether not paying tax limits their access to the justice system.

Boru

You are right of course but the tax situation and the church needs to be aired.  It was easier to air it in this thread as opposed to beginning another thread.  That's just me being idle.

My apologies.