“Public enemies. These are the Orcs at the gates. You are not called to love the barbarian horde that is planning to break into your city and pillage, plunder, rape, and mutilate you and your people. You don’t love that horde. That is your enemy and you pray – this is where you have imprecatory …
Surely if a church cannot support a political candidate without losing tax-exempt status, then calling for the death of a candidate should mean they lose tax exemption and then pay double taxes.
if they do charitable thingies, they could just spin that off into a proper 501c3 and call it good.
The whole reason churches get a break is because they supposedly do charity-type stuff like soup kitchens or running shelters. Most will only do charity if it’s tied to proslytization, so, yeah.
The first time I really thought about it, I was surprised that churches were willing to let the government tell them what they were allowed to preach in exchange for money.
But then I realized that it was proof that all churches are scams. If you’re a tax exempt church in America, then you’re doing it for the money, not because it is morally right.
Surely if a church cannot support a political candidate without losing tax-exempt status, then calling for the death of a candidate should mean they lose tax exemption and then pay double taxes.
The tax exempt thing should really be reformed
Eliminated, you say? I agree.
if they do charitable thingies, they could just spin that off into a proper 501c3 and call it good.
The whole reason churches get a break is because they supposedly do charity-type stuff like soup kitchens or running shelters. Most will only do charity if it’s tied to proslytization, so, yeah.
The first time I really thought about it, I was surprised that churches were willing to let the government tell them what they were allowed to preach in exchange for money.
But then I realized that it was proof that all churches are scams. If you’re a tax exempt church in America, then you’re doing it for the money, not because it is morally right.
Jesus himself said the money belongs to Caesar.
Christianity is a fraud.
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