(December 16, 2011 at 8:03 pm)TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote:(December 16, 2011 at 7:58 pm)Chuck Wrote: The distinction would be impossible to adjudicate. Better to tax moderately less destructive churches out of existence than to let more destructive ones get a free ride.
They're only destructive because they're taking money from gullible fools, which people do all the time anyway.
I'd rather let a few large ones get away than get rid of all the smaller ones that actually do more good than harm - like those that work more like community centers in poorer neighborhoods or provide charity for the underprivilaged.
They might be sources of ignorance and delusion, but the people there are still more often good people in it for a good cause than not.
Other people / institutions (are supposed to) pay taxes on the money they con off the gullible.
Yeah, so many of the churches do things for the needy in their neighborhoods. So did Al Capone.
