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As the chancellor of the country, who always acts in the favour of the economy, how would you spend the revenue on churches? Since every penny is significant at this level, you’d better have a good reason behind your choice. I think my whole point is: is a religion like christianity good for the economy? If you think religion has nothing to do with the economy, please consider the effect of the population on the economy in the long run.
Niether, a church should support itself. Organized religion is big buisness, they don’t need the hand outs. In fact, I think they should be taxed as well.
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I would leave churches to fund themselves. I have no opinion on taxing churches except to say that if you tax them, then I feel every other non profit organization should also be taxed (ACLU, Rainbow-PUSH, Red Cross, United Way, etc). None of them are being taxed currently and we get by fiscally, but all could pay taxes, too, if need be. They’d have less to spend on their primary missions, but perhaps they’d get leaner and more efficient in the process.
seperate church and state… charity is for churches
end state based charity…
-Imp
Obviously I’m new to this poll business. I should’ve give the third option, but never the fourth. I mean, tax God? Also, I was just trying to figure out the relationship between the economy and religion.
That is an accurate conclusion.
Tax who? A secular government should have nothing to do with the dabblings of organized religions. (They’re called organized for a reason.) It is upon this that in a secular state, taxing places of religious worship is one step towards keeping religious idealism from influencing secular politics. Public speaking of religious idealism or any form of proselytization should be illegal, like in Morocco where Xtian right-wingers who run around preaching their faith get arrested for disturbing the peace. This kind of law does not include the freedom of speech to express oneself and one’s opinions, such as: “I am a Xtian and I dress accordingly and wear a cross, etc.” However, going door to door like a Jehova’s Witness asking if the recipient has found “their” god is just stupid.
Which economy do you speak of?
Which economy?.. I give up.