re: Why aren’t churches taxed?

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I’m fine with churches being tax exempt, but there’s a lot of dumb shite in this thread

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You're posting most of it.

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You're posting most of it.

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By posting facts?

It's probably the way to get public funding for religious schools. You wouldn't be able to deny that funding if churches were paying taxes.

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So, your saying the Church should have representation in government?

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They just chose not to tax churches when writing the income tax code. It’s not that complicated. Your feigned intellectual superiority on your made up theory is noted though.

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Question, do you believe in the concept of separation of Church and state?

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I do, but I also think it's bullshite that if a church catches on fire, the fire department (which the church doesn't pay for) will come put it out.

The last thing our government needs is more taxes

Taxes prevent tax payers from freely spending all their money on what they want and with various credits, deductions, and other stuff attempt to influence tax payer behavior. Taxes are also audited & enforced by political govt agencies, so I can only assume it was decided taxes could be used to de facto prohibit the free exercise of religion or used to unduly influence the free exercise of religion.

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Are dues not taxable to any other nonexempt entities?

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Gifts are generally not taxed unless they are over a specific amount…

What church requires dues? None, frick face!

These threads are always full of whiny people who think contributing to charity is giving the tatted-up barista an ,extra buck.

They've never contributed any significant amount to help anyone, and they're to insecure to help anyone that does.