Churches don't pay property taxes on their land or buildings. When they buy stuff, they don't pay sales taxes. When they sell stuff at a profit, they don't pay capital gains tax. If they spend less than they take in, they don't pay corporate income taxes.
submitted 3 years ago by iraelmossadreddit from (self.whatever)
If you want live tax free just build a church and live on that land?
[–]whereswhat 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (5 children)
Yeah, it's almost like they are being rewarded for brainwashing people to believe stuff without evidence.
[–]Whuchurface 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun - 3 years ago (2 children)
tipping intensifies
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"Oh noes, someone called out my beliefs and their lack of evidence. Let me mock them and break the site rules!"
[–]Whuchurface 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
And a tip to you too mate
[–]iraelmossadreddit[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago* (1 child)
just found out they recognize the satanic temple as a church lol... https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/irs-recognizes-satanic-temple-as-church
some people(eddie lepp) tired to start a cannabis church in a legal area and they raided them and stole the propert shot someone and put someone else in prison. oh yeah and waco...
or this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Farm
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/style/weed-church-california.html
[–]whereswhat 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Oh man, that's just the tip of the iceberg. You should look up Richard Dawkins and The God Delusion. Both the documentary and the book are fantastic.
[–]teelo 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
I am hereby announcing I am forming the Chuch Of The Flying SaidIt Monster.
/u/magnora7 interested in being a Bishop? You'll only be able to move sideways but at least you get a fancy hat.
[–]iraelmossadreddit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
I used to by a member but I got tired of eating the noodly apendages sacraments.
[–]iraelmossadreddit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
oh it's only "a recognized creed" so the christian zionists, the jews, the muslims, the thousands of hindo temples all over america can be tax free but if you are a minority relegion nope!
[–]jet199Instigatrix 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
L. Ron Hubbard was dead set against Dianetics being made into a religion until he found out about the tax benefits.
why haven't they been raided? they literally have inflitrated our goverment just like israel and probably india... they purged a bunch of them a while back but I'm sure they are still in posistions of power
[–]at_finn 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Don't give a fuck
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
This is the problem, I think, with the ideal the founders had. It's all well and good to seek to separate religion, but another entirely to then give that recognition also to the state. It creates a kind of religion monopoly enforced by the state, including the privileges. There are probably no good solutions here, except to treat religion as one does any business. Given special exemption all they do is abuse it, but granting anyone special exemption would result in absurdities. Would the state grant a religion of cannibals the right to cannibalize as a "protected" religious belief?
Really, what needs to happen is that religion be given the status of any business, and no special exemptions under any laws.
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