I question why any church or religious organization should get special treatment from the IRS or tax code.
>>I question why any church or religious organization should get special treatment from the IRS or tax code.
But as long as they do; how about we at least remove this money-making scheme of brainwashing cult from the list?
I agree with you. Put your flame suit on though because not everyone does
First Amendment.
...”I question why any church or religious organization should get special treatment from the IRS or tax code.”...
Me, too. If separation of church and state is real, then why do we have religious contributions mixed up in our tax code. I would also apply the same to charities. This one thing opens the door to disingenuous and dishonest giving all the way around. Have you seen any religious leaders give preference and lots of attentions to big givers? Have you seen them have leadership positions in the church which they were not qualified for? Look no further for a reason why we should continue tax provisions for givers. Removing that encouragement might offer a cleansing that the church is in need of right now.
Because TAXES DESTROY.
That idea was covered already, in first grade.
Head to the back of the class.
I agree. I don’t see why any “charity” gets tax exemption since most are just businesses that do nice (charitable) things as they see them.
Being tax exempt has stifled the mouths of many pastor’s, fear of losing their tax exempt status. It doesn’t seem God would want any truthful upstanding charity/business to have to operate restricted in such ways.
“I question why any church or religious organization should get special treatment from the IRS or tax code.”
In the case of Scientology, all it took was a massive contribution to Bill Clinton.