Churches are supported by the public in that they receive tax exemptions. If it were a residence or business or even vancant land, it would be generating taxes so thus the church is supported by the public.
property used for educational and charitable purposes is usually exempt from property taxes. in MN manure pits are exempt.
its not a good argument for determing if the gov has a right to walk in and make rules.
Whoa! I think you might want to wonder on over to DU.
Churches are supported by concrete foundations (generally speaking).
Generally they get built and attended by people (who do pay taxes).
Occasionally (not as often as should be the case) they perform some pretty significant functions for the rest of the tax payers (such as feeding the hungry, clothing the nekid, housing the homeless, that sort of thing).
In those (admittedly a little too rare) instances that they do those things, they do it much better than the institutions which ARE supported by TAX dollars. And they do them WITHOUT tax dollars, but rather the donations from those tax payers who are too stupid and mindless to know that there is no GOD, and are tricked into donating their money for such purposes.
Churches are supported by the public in that they receive tax exemptions. If it were a residence or business or even vancant land, it would be generating taxes so thus the church is supported by the public.
tax exemptions=public support? Okaaaaaaay.
Well, considering all the charitable work many churches are known for doing, I think the public is getting it's money's worth. Churches are certainly more effective than FEMA or any other gov't agency.
Churches are supported by the public in that they receive tax exemptions.
Bobo: Incorrect analysis. If the church could be taxed then it would be the ward of the state as is the taxpayer, i.e., income tax. Then the state could pressure the church to conform to "government pressure and control". To say that the "public supports them" because they pay no taxes is ridiculous.
Taxes are paid to support mostly the government and its pork. I receive little or no support from the government but pay for the pleasure of breathing the air that they think they own.
Blessings, Bobo