It has nothing to do with my supposed goodness and so on.
People either believe what the Bible says about God blessing those who give or they don’t. If they gave expecting a tax deduction, then they didn’t believe that God’s promised blessing was enough.
You don’t have to pay volunteers, btw.
“People either believe what the Bible says about God blessing those who give or they don’t. If they gave expecting a tax deduction, then they didn’t believe that God’s promised blessing was enough.”
Indeed, and that is exactly why donations will drop. Not everyone is only donating to a church based on the purest motives. Some are donating more to get the tax exemption than they would otherwise. That’s why I said you must have a lot of faith in peoples’ inherent goodness if you think that nobody is donating (or donating extra) in order to get the tax benefits.
“You don’t have to pay volunteers, btw.”
Businesses don’t have volunteers, they have employees. Some employees might be “exempt employees” for minimum wage purposes, but there is no such thing as “volunteers”, as far as the government is concerned, if it is a business.