[mlizzy]

I know we personally would not be able to afford the 8 or 9 percent tax. And look what they take away from Catholics if you snub the tax, dropping out of the membership ranks:

Catholics who renounce their church membership are barred from confession and communion, and from the anointing of the sick, unless they are on the point of death.

Which begs the question; how does a priest know (in the confessional or the communion line or a large parish) that you have dropped membership? Does one have to wear a "666" tattooed on their foreheads?

[2tipsea]

LOL... but are you confusing that with Ash Wednesday?

The government supplies a report of who is “registered”, I suppose that would be yearly, after tax time.