(December 13, 2014 at 1:34 pm)Thor Wrote: 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!
Individual members of the church pay taxes too. If they own property they pay property tax. If they buy stuff they pay sales tax. You want them to pay taxes again when they pool their resources to exercise their right to freedom or religion. You want Church going folk to subsidize your tax burden.
