tenn2005, who wrote: "Members of churches do pay taxes. Churches do not operate at a profit. The minister pays taxes as do all other enployees of the church. The balance of the money is usually given away to people like you."
...money given away to people like me??...i happen to pay a great deal of money in taxes...and as far as your congregation paying personal taxes, that's the law...but i shouldn't have to support your cult, or any other church for that matter...i don't care if it's none profit or not, it's your members responsibilty to pay for utilities, etc, and so your church should pay property taxes, i don't need to be subsidizing you
...btw, is this not-for-profit??: "Mormon Church to Spend One Billion Dollars on a Mall in SLC"..."An organization that spends 15-20 times more on real estate to develop malls than on helping the poor is, by any definition, a corporation, not a religion. An average American Mormon gives thousands of dollars in tithing, yet only a few dollars of that donation is for the poor."...do a search, there's plenty of information on this out there
Fellow...you do nothing to support my church or any other church for that matter. Just because a church is exempt from ad valorem taxes doesn't mean you support it financially. The government does not give any tax dollars to churches. Your statement is just absurd and shows your ignorance. My church is supported by the members of that body that contribute their money. No tax dollars are involved. You support nothing.
There you go again.
You don't support my "cult" unless you contribute to the CoC. We receive no government support, nor do we want any. I would guess that you would also object to any organization being tax exempt that you do not profit from personally. I don't like my taxes going to support abortion but I still obey the law.
I truly feel sorry for you. I had a very close friend who was an athiest. He was one of the best friends that I have ever had. He called me one day and asked that I prey for him. I thought that a very strange request from an athiest until I learned two days later that he had commited suicide. I prey for much better for you.
Jesus said in the Bible to give to Ceasur what is his, meaning pay your taxes, and give to God what is Gods meaning your tithes. God does not have to pay taxes and the church is the Body of Christ. I don't know of any church that gets taxpayer money. So your statement about supporting the "cult" is wrong. I bet you are a big advocate of so called seperation of church and state, aren't you? But yet you think government ought to be involved enough in the church to collect taxes. You, Sir, are a hypocrite.