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Religious centers need to pay taxes

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Originally posted by: bamacre
If a church posts a bottom line of $0, they still won't pay taxes. I think the OP is a troll, and a bad one at that.

I am not some troll.

Yes they should still pay property tax.
 
Originally posted by: DVK916
These place use government resources yet they pay no taxes. Something needs to be done about this. Those churches that burned down use valuable police and firefighting resources yet pay nothing to the local community in taxes. A church is like a business too with a product, and its product is religion. It is selling something to its congregates who payment is in donations.
no I think you should be taxed for promoting atheism
 
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....
 
I don't know about other churches but my church (when I was there like 5 yrs ago) they used money purely for maintenance of a building. Running a church/or renting it, would cost like 10k a month. Other resources were directed @ holyday celebration like christmas etc and charity.. Imo, taxing church would mix government+religion which we should not do.
 
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming the person or people involved are religious and Christian. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Can a non-religious person commit such an act? Not a chance since all of them are perfect human beings.

Go you.
 
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Go you.


LMG.. you will deny the racial problems that plagued that area for so long.. When did the last good white christian sell a slave .. That is one of the big reasons I cannot believe in a religion whose members actually owned slaves.. I am just not big enough to overlook all that..
 
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Go you.


LMG.. you will deny the racial problems that plagued that area for so long.. When did the last good white christian sell a slave .. That is one of the big reasons I cannot believe in a religion whose members actually owned slaves.. I am just not big enough to overlook all that..

This is about religious places of worship paying taxes, then it moved to churches being set on fire and now you want to talk about slavery, which has nothing to do with any religion. But yes, go on how christians are the evil ...
 
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Go you.


LMG.. you will deny the racial problems that plagued that area for so long.. When did the last good white christian sell a slave .. That is one of the big reasons I cannot believe in a religion whose members actually owned slaves.. I am just not big enough to overlook all that..

Since your not big enough too verlook all that..how do you deal with the SLAVERY subject to begin with?
 
Yeah, well, the Supreme Court has already decided it's just fine for them to be tax exempt and I agree with them.
 
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Go you.


LMG.. you will deny the racial problems that plagued that area for so long.. When did the last good white christian sell a slave .. That is one of the big reasons I cannot believe in a religion whose members actually owned slaves.. I am just not big enough to overlook all that..

Since your not big enough too verlook all that..how do you deal with the SLAVERY subject to begin with?

Tell me.. how you deal with it first... It was done by this great Christian nation..
we slaughtered native americans left and right using Manifest Destiny as our guide
then we enslaved africans and treated them as less than human to build this Christian Nation..

WWJD to those who murder and enslave USING HIS NAME
 
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Go you.


LMG.. you will deny the racial problems that plagued that area for so long.. When did the last good white christian sell a slave .. That is one of the big reasons I cannot believe in a religion whose members actually owned slaves.. I am just not big enough to overlook all that..

Since your not big enough too verlook all that..how do you deal with the SLAVERY subject to begin with?

Tell me.. how you deal with it first... It was done by this great Christian nation..
we slaughtered native americans left and right using Manifest Destiny as our guide
then we enslaved africans and treated them as less than human to build this Christian Nation..

WWJD to those who murder and enslave USING HIS NAME

You're using atrocities commited by men. It did not matter what religion they were. Men commit atrocities all the time. There are crimes being committed by governments as we speak. Men are bad in general, in my opinion.

If you feel that way, you can pack your bags and head on to Canada, a country founded by love and harmony :disgust:
Or England, a country with a history of peace and non-violence :disgust:
Or Norway, a country that spread its love through peaceful interactions a thousand years ago :disgust:

Every country on this earth has blood on its hand. Do not say that this is because of one religion or another. People have self interests and they put those above everything else.

This country could not have been founded, or grown like it has today if we did not do those things. Look at the trade-offs.
 
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Go you.


LMG.. you will deny the racial problems that plagued that area for so long.. When did the last good white christian sell a slave .. That is one of the big reasons I cannot believe in a religion whose members actually owned slaves.. I am just not big enough to overlook all that..

Since your not big enough too verlook all that..how do you deal with the SLAVERY subject to begin with?

Tell me.. how you deal with it first... It was done by this great Christian nation..
we slaughtered native americans left and right using Manifest Destiny as our guide
then we enslaved africans and treated them as less than human to build this Christian Nation..

WWJD to those who murder and enslave USING HIS NAME

You're using atrocities commited by men. It did not matter what religion they were. Men commit atrocities all the time. There are crimes being committed by governments as we speak. Men are bad in general, in my opinion.

If you feel that way, you can pack your bags and head on to Canada, a country founded by love and harmony :disgust:
Or England, a country with a history of peace and non-violence :disgust:
Or Norway, a country that spread its love through peaceful interactions a thousand years ago :disgust:

Every country on this earth has blood on its hand. Do not say that this is because of one religion or another. People have self interests and they put those above everything else.

This country could not have been founded, or grown like it has today if we did not do those things. Look at the trade-offs.


Trust me.. Me and Jesus both would prefer the tradeoff 😉
 
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Both white and black churches have been burned, racial motives have been ruled out.
 
Bill Maher said that pastors should just pray for rain instead of using taxpayer funded firefighters that churches don't pay taxes for 🙂
 
Originally posted by: CSMR
Originally posted by: DVK916
These place use government resources yet they pay no taxes. Something needs to be done about this. Those churches that burned down use valuable police and firefighting resources yet pay nothing to the local community in taxes. A church is like a business too with a product, and its product is religion. It is selling something to its congregates who payment is in donations.
no I think you should be taxed for promoting atheism

He is taxed.
 
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming the person or people involved are religious and Christian. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Can a non-religious person commit such an act? Not a chance since all of them are perfect human beings.

Go you.

Has anyone confessed to the burns and stated their motives if not on what grounds can you claim that his guess is wrong.
 
Originally posted by: smack Down
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Well your guess was wrong and you didn't care to even learn about the facts. Good for you. You're assuming the person or people involved are religious and Christian. You're assuming that white christians are the guilty party.

Can a non-religious person commit such an act? Not a chance since all of them are perfect human beings.

Go you.

Has anyone confessed to the burns and stated their motives if not on what grounds can you claim that his guess is wrong.

Noone has been caught to my knowledge, it is against religion to do such things. The person or more likely persons doing these acts must have a message, an agenda. I did not come out and say it was a radical atheist because I know that would be irresponsible. I expect people to do the same towards people of religion. I guess not.
 
Honestly.. Is there a possibility it could be a cartoonorist ..

Whoever is doing it.. they are mentally deranged
 
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Both white and black churches have been burned, racial motives have been ruled out.

But religious motivation can't. Most likely it is members of radical religious sect, probably Christian and Muslim.
 
Originally posted by: DVK916
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Both white and black churches have been burned, racial motives have been ruled out.

But religious motivation can't. Most likely it is members of radical religious sect, probably Christian and Muslim.

You seem to know quite a bit about this case, why don't you help the FBI and the local police with your expertise? You seem to know quite a bit about the psychology of religious people.
 
Originally posted by: dahunan
Honestly.. Is there a possibility it could be a cartoonorist ..

Whoever is doing it.. they are mentally deranged

Mentally deranged is a trait found in most theist.
 
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: DVK916
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Both white and black churches have been burned, racial motives have been ruled out.

But religious motivation can't. Most likely it is members of radical religious sect, probably Christian and Muslim.

You seem to know quite a bit about this case, why don't you help the FBI and the local police with your expertise? You seem to know quite a bit about the psychology of religious people.

I am just saying what ob obvious. It is clear that these fires are being done by a theist.
 
Originally posted by: DVK916
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: DVK916
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: lyssword
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I wonder who set those fires?

Some religion haters ppl set churches on fire, others troll @ internet forums

I didn't follow the fires.. but my guess was that they would be racially motivated... good white christians hating the other christians....

Both white and black churches have been burned, racial motives have been ruled out.

But religious motivation can't. Most likely it is members of radical religious sect, probably Christian and Muslim.

You seem to know quite a bit about this case, why don't you help the FBI and the local police with your expertise? You seem to know quite a bit about the psychology of religious people.

I am just saying what ob obvious. It is clear that these fires are being done by a theist.

Tell the FBI, Miss Cleo.

Help the authorities take the religious people off the streets and into jails. Isn't that what you want anyway?
 
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